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

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

Their leader, a fugitive holy man, professes to be able to guide the process of reincarnation, guaranteeing that billionaires who use his services won’t be paupers in the next life. —Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025