Need another word that means the same as “indigent”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “indigent” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Indigent” are: destitute, impoverished, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken, poor, impecunious, penniless, down and out, poor person, pauper, bankrupt, insolvent
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “indigent” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| bankrupt | A person judged by a court to be insolvent, whose property is taken and disposed of for the benefit of their creditors. |
| insolvent | An insolvent person. |
| pauper | A person who is very poor. He died a pauper. |
| poor person | People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “indigent” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| destitute | Poor enough to need help from others. Towns destitute of commerce. |
| down and out | Becoming progressively lower. |
| impecunious | Not having enough money to pay for necessities. A titled but impecunious family. |
| impoverished | Deprived of strength or vitality. An impoverished and debased language. |
| 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 | Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society. Food poor in nutritive value. |
| poverty-stricken | Poor enough to need help from others. |
| absent | Go away or remain away. Wings are absent in several species of crane flies. |
| beggar | Reduce to beggary. This beggars description. |
| begging | A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person. |
| deficiency | The amount by which something, especially revenue, falls short; a deficit. A budget deficiency of 96 billion. |
| deficient | Not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient. Deficient in common sense. |
| destitute | Not having. Young recruits destitute of experience. |
| homeless | Physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security. The plight of young homeless people. |
| hunger | Feel or suffer hunger. She was faint with hunger. |
| impecunious | Having little or no money. A titled but impecunious family. |
| inadequacy | Lack of an adequate quantity or number. Her feelings of personal inadequacy. |
| inadequate | Of insufficient quantity to meet a need. A sad solitary inadequate man. |
| indigence | A state of extreme poverty or destitution. He did valuable work towards the relief of indigence. |
| inferior | An inferior letter figure or symbol. Mercury and Venus are inferior planets. |
| insufficiency | Lack of an adequate quantity or number. Insufficiency of adequate housing. |
| insufficient | Not enough; inadequate. Insufficient funds. |
| lack | The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable. There is a lack of parking space in the town. |
| lacking | Inadequate in amount or degree. Her appetite was lacking. |
| missing | (of a person) absent from a place, especially their home, and of unknown whereabouts. You can fill in the missing details later. |
| needy | Needy people collectively. They try to help the needy. |
| pauper | A recipient of relief under the provisions of the Poor Law or of public charity. He died a pauper. |
| pauperism | A state of extreme poverty or destitution. |
| penury | The state of being very poor; extreme poverty. He couldn t face another year of penury. |
| piteous | Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. A piteous cry. |
| poor | Deficient or lacking in. Many people are eating a very poor diet. |
| poverty | The renunciation of the right to individual ownership of property as part of a religious vow. Thousands of families are living in abject poverty. |
| scarcity | A small and inadequate amount. A time of scarcity. |
| shortage | The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required. The problems of land shortage in the countryside. |
| substandard | Below the usual or required standard. Substandard housing. |
| truant | Of a pupil being a truant. If my daughter had been truanting from school I would have been informed. |
| wanting | Deficient in intelligence. Tested and found wanting. |
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