| 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: | beggar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in financial trouble |
Synonyms: |
alms person, bankrupt, dependent, down-and-out, guttersnipe, indigent, mendicant, pauper, poor person, poverty-stricken person, street person, suppliant, vagrant, ward of state |
| Main Entry: | hobo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homeless person |
Synonyms: |
beggar, bum, derelict, drifter, migrant worker, street person, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer, wino |
| 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: | ragamuffin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is poor, tattered |
Synonyms: |
beggar, bum*, gamin, guttersnipe, hobo, loafer, orphan, scarecrow, street person, tatterdemalion, tramp, urchin, vagabond, vagrant, waif, wastrel |
Antonyms: |
sophisticate |
| 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: | bag lady |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homeless woman |
Synonyms: |
bag person, bum, hobo, shopping bag lady, shopping cart lady, street person |
| Main Entry: | panhandler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beggar |
Synonyms: |
bum, mendicant, street person, tramp, vagrant |
| Main Entry: | moocher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beggar |
Synonyms: |
alms person, almsman, almswoman, bankrupt, cadger, dependent, down-and-out, guttersnipe, indigent, mendicant, pauper, poor person, poverty-stricken person, street person, suppliant, vagrant, ward of state |