indigent
Meaning of indigent
- poor; needy.
a charity for the relief of indigent artists
noun
a needy person.
late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin indigent- ‘lacking’, from the verb indigere, from indi- (strengthened form of in- ‘into’) + egere ‘to need’.
Information about indigent
- The plural form of indigent is: indigents.
- Languages in which indigent is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of indigent
in-di-gent
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- indigent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
indigent synonyms
Meaning destitute:
destitute, impoverished, necessitous, needy
Meaning lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society:
Meaning having little or no money:
Meaning (of a person) having no money; very poor:
Meaning make very poor; impoverish:
Meaning unable to pay debts owed:
Meaning (of a building or place) reduced to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration:
Meaning suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits:
Meaning (of a person or area) in unfavourable circumstances, especially with regard to financial or social opportunities:
Meaning suffering from extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain:
Meaning poverty-stricken; very poor:
Meaning reduce (someone) to poverty:
Meaning having completely run out of money:
Meaning (of a person) having little or no money available:
Meaning extremely poor; poverty-stricken:
indigent antonyms
Meaning having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy:
Translation of indigent
- Italian: bisognoso, povero, indigente
- German: bedürftig
- Spanish: necesitado
- French: nécessiteux, indigent
Anagrams of indigent
Words that rhyme with indigent
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