necessitous
Meaning of necessitous
- (of a person) lacking the necessities of life; needy.
dried milk was supplied to necessitous mothers
early 17th century: from French nécessiteux, or from necessity + -ous.
Information about necessitous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of necessitous
ne-ces-si-tous
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- necessitous is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
necessitous synonyms
Meaning destitute:
destitute, impoverished, indigent, needy
Meaning lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society:
Meaning (of a person or area) in unfavourable circumstances, especially with regard to financial or social opportunities:
Meaning (of a person) not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society:
Meaning necessary; requisite:
Meaning extremely poor; poverty-stricken:
Meaning (of a person) having no money; very poor:
Meaning having little or no money:
Meaning make very poor; impoverish:
Meaning reduce (someone) to poverty:
necessitous antonyms
Meaning having a great deal of money, resources, or assets; rich:
Meaning having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy:
Translation of necessitous
- Italian: bisognoso, povero, indigente
- German: bedürftig
- Spanish: necesitado
- French: nécessiteux, indigent
Words that rhyme with necessitous
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