beggar
nounHow many syllables in beggar?
There are 2 syllables in the word beggar.How to pronounce beggar:
Definition of beggar:
- beggar (noun):
- a person who lives by begging
- a pauper who lives by begging.
- a person who lives by asking for gifts
- one that begs (see beg entry 1 sense 1)
Synonyms for beggar:
bag lady
bankrupt
beggarman
beggarwoman
bum
cadger
dependent
derelict
derro
dosser
down-and-out
drifter
hobo
mendicant
miserable
mooch
panhandler
parasite
pauper
sannyasi
sannyasin
sanyasi
scrounger
sponge
starveling
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Antonyms for beggar:
inhabitant
resident
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