street person - 7 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | street person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homeless person |
| Synonyms: | bag lady, beggar, bum, derelict, displaced person, down-and-out, drifter, hobo, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wino, bag person, homeless person, shopping-bag lady, shopping-bag person |
| 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*, hobo, loafer, orphan, street person, tramp, urchin, vagabond, vagrant, waif, wastrel, gamin, guttersnipe, scarecrow, tatterdemalion* |
| Antonyms: | sophisticate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vagrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person with no permanent home and often with no means of support |
| Synonyms: | drifter, itinerant, street person, transient, wanderer, floater, homeless person, rolling stone |
| Main Entry: | bag lady |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homeless woman |
| Synonyms: | bum, hobo, street person, bag person, shopping bag lady, shopping cart lady |
| Main Entry: | panhandler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beggar |
| Synonyms: | bum, mendicant, street person*, tramp, vagrant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beggar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in financial trouble |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, dependent, down-and-out*, indigent, mendicant, pauper, street person*, suppliant, vagrant, alms person, guttersnipe, poor person, poverty-stricken person, ward of state |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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