Nouns (2)
beggar
n. a pauper who lives by begging
friar
n. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
Verbs (0)
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (1)
mendicant
adj. practicing beggary; "mendicant friars"
Fuzzynyms (16)
petitioner, suppliant, supplicant
n. one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors"
tramp, bum, hobo
n. a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
vagabond
n. a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
prayer, supplicant
n. someone who prays to God
abbot, archimandrite
n. the superior of an abbey of monks
hermit, anchorite
n. one retired from society for religious reasons
troglodyte, hermit, recluse
n. one who lives in solitude
Synonyms (11)
adjuratory
adj. earnestly or solemnly entreating; "in adjuratory terms"
pleading, appealing, imploring, importunate
adj. expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in her voice"
petitionary
adj. of the nature of or expressing a petition; "the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness"
precatory, precative
adj. expressing entreaty or supplication; "precatory overtures"
suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory
adj. humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
Antonyms (0)
mendicant
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