DESTITUTE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DESTITUTE?

Need another word that means the same as “destitute”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “destitute” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Destitute” are: impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken, barren, devoid, free, innocent, penniless, poor, impecunious, down and out, bereft, deprived, in need

Destitute as an Adjective

Definitions of "Destitute" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “destitute” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Completely wanting or lacking.
• Poor enough to need help from others.
• Not having.
• Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.

Synonyms of "Destitute" as an adjective (16 Words)

barren	Showing no results or achievements; unproductive. Barren lands.
bereft	Deprived of or lacking (something. Bereft of hope.
deprived	(of a person) lacking a specified benefit that is considered important. A childhood that was unhappy and deprived the family living off charity.
devoid	Entirely lacking or free from. The sentence was devoid of meaning.
down and out	Shut.
free	Using or expending something without restraint; lavish. A free choice.
impecunious	Having little or no money. A titled but impecunious family.
impoverished	Destroyed financially. Impoverished villages.
in need	Currently fashionable.
indigent	Poor; needy. A charity for the relief of indigent artists.
innocent	(used of things) lacking sense or awareness. Fine innocent weather.
necessitous	(of a person) lacking the necessities of life; needy. Dried milk was supplied to necessitous mothers.
needy	Demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree. Those from needy backgrounds.
penniless	Not having enough money to pay for necessities. A penniless young student.
poor	Deserving or inciting pity. Many people are eating a very poor diet.
poverty-stricken	Poor enough to need help from others.

Usage Examples of "Destitute" as an adjective

• Young recruits destitute of experience.
• The charity cares for destitute children.
• Towns destitute of commerce.

Associations of "Destitute" (30 Words)

beggar	Reduce to beggary. This beggars description.
begging	A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person.
deprived	Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences. I was so sleep deprived I was bumping into walls.
devoid	Completely wanting or lacking. Lisa kept her voice devoid of emotion.
disadvantaged	Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences. Disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed.
famish	Deprive of food. Many famished in the countryside during the drought.
hardship	Something hard to endure. The many hardships of frontier life.
homeless	Physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security James Stern. The plight of young homeless people.
hunger	Feel or suffer hunger. They died from cold and hunger.
impecunious	Having little or no money. A titled but impecunious family.
indigence	A state of extreme poverty or destitution. Their indigence appalled him.
indigent	Poor; needy. A charity for the relief of indigent artists.
mendicant	A member of a mendicant order. A mendicant friar.
neediness	A state of extreme poverty. He recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it.
needy	Needy people collectively. The provision of humanitarian assistance to the needy.
nothing	A quantity of no importance. It looked like nothing I had ever seen before.
pauper	A poor person who may bring a legal action without payment of costs. He was buried in a pauper s grave.
pauperism	A state of extreme poverty or destitution.
penniless	(of a person) having no money; very poor. A penniless young student.
penury	The state of being very poor; extreme poverty. He couldn t face another year of penury.
poor	Used ironically to deprecate something belonging to or offered by oneself. They were too poor to afford a telephone.
poverty	The state of being extremely poor. Thousands of families are living in abject poverty.
privation	A state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking. The privations of life at the front.
shortage	The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required. The problems of land shortage in the countryside.
starve	Be hungry; go without food. German U boats hoping to starve Britain into submission.
sympathy	Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish. The two of them were in close sympathy.
truant	Of a pupil being a truant. Truant schoolboys.
underprivileged	(of a person) not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society. The plight of the underprivileged.
unemployed	People who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group. The long term unemployed need assistance.
void	Discharge or drain away (water, gases, etc. The earth was without form and void.