| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beggar |
| Synonyms: | bum, mendicant, street person, tramp, vagrant |
| Main Entry: | sponge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moocher |
| Synonyms: | bum*, cadger, deadbeat, freeloader, hanger-on, leech, panhandler, parasite, scrounger |
| Main Entry: | tramp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is poor, desperate |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bum, derelict, down-and-out, drifter, floater, hitchhiker, hobo, homeless person, loafer, outcast, panhandler, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer |
| Notes: | a hobo is a migratory worker who likes to travel, a tramp travels without working, and a bum does not travel or work |
| Main Entry: | mendicant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beggar |
| Synonyms: | monk, panhandler, pauper, vagabond |
| Main Entry: | almsman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beggar |
| Synonyms: | almswoman, cadger, mendicant, panhandler |
| Main Entry: | almswoman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beggar |
| Synonyms: | almsman, cadger, mendicant, panhandler |