Synonyms of pauper

pauper 1 of 2

noun (1)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

pauperism

2 of 2

noun (2)

as in poverty

the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions

the banquet honored a philanthropist couple who spent their lives working to reduce pauperism in cities throughout the nation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poverty
• misery
• indigence
• impoverishment
• penury
• beggary
• poorness
• necessity
• destitution
• neediness
• need
• impecuniousness
• deprivation
• impecuniosity
• penuriousness
• wretchedness
• exigency
• privation
• want
• bankruptcy
• destituteness
• woe
• emergency
• gutter
• insolvency
• rainy day
• austerity
• pinching
• belt-tightening
• straitening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wealth
• affluence
• richness
• opulence
• prosperity
• wealthiness
• luxury

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pauper

Noun

He was made to leave a pauper after years of hard work. —Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025

Sleep like paupers, eat like kings! —Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024

The mother of one of those men, Jonathan Hankins, confronted Grisham-Stewart in February at the county's pauper's field. —Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024

Graham praised Grisham-Stewart and said the pauper's grave issue was not a concern. —Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024