English Explanatory Dictionary

indigent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Poor; destitute; in need.
  2. Utterly lacking or in need of something specified.
noun
  1. A person in need, or in poverty.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪndɪd͡ʒənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-indigent.wav /ɪnˈd(a)ɪd͡ʒənt/

Word forms

indigent more indigent most indigent indigents

Etymology

From Middle English indigent, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egeō (“to be in need, want”).

Synonyms

almsless arm badly off bankrupt beggared beggarly boracic broke broken broker than the Ten Commandments depauperate destitute dirt poor disadvantaged down and out down at heel down on one's luck down on one's uppers empty-handed feeling the pinch flat goodless hard up impecunious impoverished in need indigent insolvent lower-class necessitous needy oofless pauperized penniless penurious pinched pok kai poor poor as a church mouse poor as a rat poor as Job possessionless poverty-ridden poverty-stricken shillingless skint stone-broke stony-broke strapped stuck threadbare unwealthy wealthless beggar have not lack-all Lazarus pauper penny-father

Antonyms

affluent

Related words

indigence indigency indigenous

Derived words

indigently nonindigent unindigent
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