BEGGARY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
   Synonym(s)
   • begging (what does begging mean?)
   • mendicancy (what does mendicancy mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) beggary is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • solicitation (what does solicitation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • beg (what does beg mean?)
   • solicit (what does solicit mean?)
   • beg (what does beg mean?)
   • tap (what does tap mean?)
   • beg (what does beg mean?)
   • implore (what does implore mean?)
   • pray (what does pray mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a state of extreme poverty or destitution
   Synonym(s)
   • indigence (what does indigence mean?)
   • need (what does need mean?)
   • pauperism (what does pauperism mean?)
   • pauperization (what does pauperization mean?)
   • penury (what does penury mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • their indigence appalled him
   • a general state of need exists among the homeless
   Hypernyms(s) beggary is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • poverty (what does poverty mean?)
   • poorness (what does poorness mean?)
   • impoverishment (what does impoverishment mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • beggar (what does beggar mean?)
   • pauperize (what does pauperize mean?)
   • pauperise (what does pauperise mean?)