| Main Entry: | pauper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is poor |
Synonyms: |
almsperson, bankrupt, beggar, bum, dependent, destitute, down-and-out, have-not, homeless person, in the gutter, indigent, insolvent, lazarus, mendicant, poor person, supplicant |
Antonyms: |
rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | refugee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person running from something, often oppression |
Synonyms: |
DP, alien, boat person, castaway, defector, derelict, deserter, displaced person, emigrant, escapee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, expellee, foreigner, foundling, fugitive, homeless person, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, prodigal, renegade, runaway, stateless person, émigré |
| Main Entry: | street person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homeless person |
Synonyms: |
bag lady, bag person, beggar, bum, derelict, displaced person, down-and-out, drifter, hobo, homeless person, shopping-bag lady, shopping-bag person, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wino |
| 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: | vagrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person with no permanent home and often with no means of support |
Synonyms: |
drifter, floater, homeless person, itinerant, rolling stone, street person, transient, wanderer |
| Main Entry: | have-not |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pauper |
Synonyms: |
almsperson, bankrupt, beggar, bum, dependent, destitute, down-and-out, down-and-outer, homeless person, in the gutter, indigent, insolvent, lazarus, mendicant, poor person, supplicant |