Synonyms for indigent
- adjective
- noun
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Adjective
1. Poor — poor; destitute; in need
poor, needy, destitute, impoverished, poverty-stricken, impecunious, penniless, disadvantaged, bankrupt, insolvent, straitened, hard up, strapped, beggarly, stony, pinched, broke, beggared, moneyless, penurious, necessitous dated
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Poor; destitute; in need.
- n. 1
A person in need, or in poverty.
Related words
- Word family
- indigence
Forms
- Plural
- indigents → paupers, beggars…
Example sentences
- needy The socially needy receive an additional allowance.
- impoverished The war lasting for years impoverished the country.
- destitute It was there that this destitute child was born.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| indigent | falling | |
| needy | falling | |
| impoverished | rising | |
| destitute | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- poor1
- 5 letters
- broke1, needy2, stony2
- 6 letters
- beggar2, pauper2
- 7 letters
- pinched1
- 8 letters
- bankrupt2, strapped1, beggarly, beggared
- 9 letters
- destitute3, penniless3, insolvent3, moneyless3, penurious4
- 10 letters
- straitened
- 11 letters
- impecunious, necessitous
- 12 letters
- impoverished3
- 13 letters
- disadvantaged4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (needy2 = 2 syllables).