Synonyms of pauper

pauper

noun

as in beggar

old-fashioned a very poor person who has no money to pay for food, clothing, etc.

a story about a rich man and a pauper who switch places

Related Words

• beggar
• indigent
• have-not
• down-and-out
• hobo
• tramp
• vagabond
• drifter
• mendicant
• transient
• panhandler
• waif
• roamer
• urchin
• ragamuffin
• ne'er-do-well
• insolvent
• bankrupt
• almsman
• gamine

Dissimilar Words

• affluent
• plutocrat
• millionaire
• moneybags
• deep pocket
• billionaire
• fat cat
• have
• millionairess
• magnate
• tycoon
• success
• nabob
• gazillionaire
• moneymaker
• billionairess

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pauper

The Titanic is still a subject of worldwide fascination, in part because of the range of passengers aboard the ship, from paupers to plutocrats. — Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026

This sudden outburst earns her a pauper’s grave, after she’s hauled out of the restaurant and shoved, accidentally or intentionally, down the stairs. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026

In fact many of the characters—even Big Gunna, one of the great larger-than-life paupers of Laxness’s oeuvre—did live in Mosfellsdalur and went by the names Laxness gives them in the book. — Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026

Tate eventually moved in with her family, who rejected Austen; Austen moved to the Staten Island Farm Colony, a pauper’s hospital. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025