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necessitous - 12 thesaurus results
Main Entry: necessitous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: poor
Synonyms: bad off*, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball*, broke*, destitute, dirt poor*, down-and-out*, empty-handed*, flat*, flat broke*, fortuneless, hard up*, impecunious, impoverished, in need, in want, indigent, insolvent, low, meager, moneyless, needy, on one's uppers, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched*, poverty-stricken, reduced*, scanty*, stone broke*, strapped*, suffering, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous
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
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
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
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
Main Entry: indispensable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: necessary
Synonyms: basal, basic, cardinal, crucial, essential, fundamental, imperative, key, needed, prerequisite, primary, required, requisite, vital, necessitous, needful
Antonyms: dispensable, needless, nonessential, redundant, superfluous, unnecessary
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
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
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
Main Entry: prerequisite
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: necessary
Synonyms: essential, expedient, imperative, important, indispensable, mandatory, obligatory, required, requisite, vital, called for, necessitous, needful, of the essence
Notes: a perquisite is a profit or benefit in addition to a salary or wages or a gratuity or tip for services performed, while a prerequisite is something that is required in advance
Antonyms: optional, unnecessary, voluntary
Main Entry: essential
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: important, vital
Synonyms: capital, cardinal, chief, crucial, foremost, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, leading, main, necessary, needed, prerequisite, principal, required, requisite, wanted, constitutive, necessitous, needful, right-hand
Antonyms: accessory, auxiliary, minor, nonessential, secondary, subsidiary, unimportant, inessential
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
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