Synonyms of ragamuffin

ragamuffin

noun

as in hobo

somewhat old-fashioned a child who is dressed in rags and is usually dirty and poor

a group of barefoot ragamuffins playing in the street

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ragamuffin

On a recent morning, Feldman and his colleagues made their rounds, visiting people living in ragamuffin tents on sidewalks and crannies just west of downtown. — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2026

Soon enough, Curtis’s all-black border collie, Steve, and a ragamuffin of a dog, Jack, would emerge from the trees to beg for sandwich scraps. — Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025

Playing out on a New Orleans street set designed more or less as a cartoon by David Rockwell, its pirates costumed by Linda Cho in ragamuffin seafaring garb that nonetheless allows for the odd pleasing splash of color, Pirates! — Greg Evans, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025

The former royal highness will be too busy leading the Resistance, alongside Jonathan and his ragamuffin group of bandits, to fight off all of the Queen’s men. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025

And the best way to clear a driveway piled with snow is to hire some neighborhood ragamuffins with snow shovels, pay them some cash, and give them a belt of hot chocolate. — Steven Levy, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024

The young ragamuffin helped turn corrido tumbado into a global chart-topper (and moneymaker) and proved that Latin American artists don’t have to compromise to reach that level of acclaim. — Pitchfork, 13 Dec. 2023

The Moser family — Lubo, his wife and three cheerfully ragamuffin little kids — are a troupe of travelling performers who earn their keep putting on shows in the local towns. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023

The reunion between ragamuffin Georgie and boyish Jason also recalls Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon from 50 years ago, a movie set during the Great Depression, an exercise in nostalgia. — Armond White, National Review, 30 Aug. 2023

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