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indigent - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | indigent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
| Synonyms: | destitute, hard up*, homeless, impecunious, impoverished, needy, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken, beggared, busted, down and out, flat broke, in want, necessitous |
| Antonyms: | rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | broke |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without money |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bust*, destitute, impoverished, indebted, indigent, insolvent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, ruined, strapped*, beggared, cleaned out, dirt poor, flat broke, in Chapter 11, in debt, stone broke, tapped out |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, solvent, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | destitute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | down and out; wanting |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bereft, deficient, depleted, drained, empty, exhausted, flat*, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, lacking, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, stony, strapped, stripped, without, beggared, busted, dead broke, deprived of, devoid of, dirt poor, divested, flat broke, in need of, moneyless, necessitous, on the breadline, on the rocks, pinched, played out, totaled, wiped out |
| Antonyms: | lucky, prosperous, rich, secure, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impecunious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poverty-stricken |
| Synonyms: | broke*, destitute, homeless, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, strapped*, beggared, cleaned out, dirt poor, necessitous, unprosperous |
| Antonyms: | moneyed, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impoverished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, exhausted |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, barren, broke, clean, depleted, destitute, distressed, drained, empty, flat*, impecunious, indigent, insolvent, needy, penurious, poverty-stricken, reduced, ruined, spent, sterile, strapped, beggared, flat broke, have-not, hurting, necessitous, played out |
| Antonyms: | enriched, full, plentiful, rich |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mangy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scruffy |
| Synonyms: | decrepit, dirty, impoverished, indigent, mean, moth-eaten*, poor, shabby, shoddy, sick, sleazy*, squalid, tattered, ragtag |
| Antonyms: | neat, kempt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | needy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deprived, impoverished |
| Synonyms: | destitute, disadvantaged, down-and-out*, flat*, impecunious, indigent, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, underprivileged, beggared, dead broke, dirt poor, down at heel, down to last cent, necessitous, unprosperous |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pauper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is poor |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beggar, bum, dependent, destitute, down-and-out*, indigent, insolvent, mendicant, almsperson, have-not, homeless person, in the gutter, lazarus, poor person, supplicant |
| Antonyms: | rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | penniless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without any money |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, broke*, clean*, destitute, flat*, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, lacking, needy, over a barrel*, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, ruined, strapped*, cleaned out, dead broke, dirt poor, down to last penny, flat broke, in the gutter, moneyless, necessitous, on last leg, tapped out, without a dime |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poverty-stricken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very poor |
| Synonyms: | bad off*, bankrupt, beggarly, broke*, broke, destitute, distressed, down-and-out*, hard up*, impoverished, indigent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, short*, stranded*, strapped*, strapped, suffering, wanting, beggared, dirt poor, down and out, impencunious, in dire circumstances, in great need; financially poor, in want, miserably poor, moneyless, necessitous, needful, stone broke, unmoneyed |
| Antonyms: | rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | underprivileged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
| Synonyms: | depressed, destitute, disadvantaged, handicapped, hapless, hard up*, ill-fated, impoverished, indigent, needy, unfortunate, unlucky, badly off, deprived, down and out, have-not, ill-starred, in dire straits, in need, in want |
| Antonyms: | privileged, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bad off |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | down and out |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, destitute, impoverished, indigent, needy, poor, poverty-stricken, busted, dirt poor, flat broke, in need of |
| Main Entry: | dependent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak, helpless |
| Synonyms: | clinging, debased, defenseless, immature, indigent, inferior, lesser, minor, poor, secondary, subordinate, under, vulnerable, abased, counting on, humbled, reliant, relying on, tied to apron strings, under thumb, unsustaining |
| Antonyms: | independent, mature, strong, unreliant |
| Main Entry: | poor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking sufficient money |
| Synonyms: | bad off*, bankrupt, beggarly, broke*, destitute, down-and-out*, flat*, hard up*, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, low, meager, needy, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken, reduced, scanty*, strapped*, suffering, underprivileged, beggared, behind eight ball, dirt poor, empty-handed, flat broke, fortuneless, in need, in want, moneyless, necessitous, pauperized, pinched, stone broke, truly needy, unprosperous |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, wealthy |
* = 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
| Main Entry: | miserable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destitute, shabby |
| Synonyms: | abject, bad, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, godforsaken, impoverished, indigent, inferior, lamentable, low, meager, mean, needy, paltry, pathetic, penniless, piteous, poor, poverty-stricken, sad, scanty, shameful, sordid, sorry, squalid, tragic, vile, worthless, wretched, pitiable, scurvy |
| Antonyms: | generous, rich, wealthy |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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