DESTITUTE Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word destitute. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for DESTITUTE
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impoverished | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • poor enough to need help from others • destroyed financially | ||||||||
indigent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • poor enough to need help from others | ||||||||
needy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • needy people collectively adjective satellite • poor enough to need help from others • demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree | ||||||||
poverty-stricken | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • poor enough to need help from others | ||||||||
bankrupt | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts adjective satellite • financially ruined verb • reduce to bankruptcy | ||||||||
broke | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lacking funds | ||||||||
disadvantaged | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences | ||||||||
impecunious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not having enough money to pay for necessities | ||||||||
insolvent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • unable to meet or discharge financial obligations noun • someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts | ||||||||
penniless | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not having enough money to pay for necessities | ||||||||
poor | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • having little money or few possessions • characterized by or indicating poverty • lacking in quality or substances noun • people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) adjective satellite • deserving or inciting pity • of insufficient quantity to meet a need | ||||||||
beggared | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • To make a beggar of someone; impoverish. • To exhaust the resources of; to outdo. | ||||||||
barren | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation adjective satellite • providing no shelter or sustenance • not bearing offspring • completely wanting or lacking | ||||||||
devoid | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • completely wanting or lacking | ||||||||
free | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint • unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion • not held in servitude noun • people who are free adverb • without restraint adjective satellite • costing nothing • not occupied or in use • not fixed in position • not taken up by scheduled activities • completely wanting or lacking • not literal verb • grant freedom to; free from confinement • relieve from • remove or force out from a position • grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to • make (information) available for publication • free from obligations or duties • free or remove obstruction from • let off the hook • part with a possession or right • release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition • make (assets) available | ||||||||
innocent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • free from evil or guilt noun • a person who lacks knowledge of evil adjective satellite • lacking intent or capacity to injure • free from sin • lacking in sophistication or worldliness • not knowledgeable about something specified • completely wanting or lacking • (used of things) lacking sense or awareness | ||||||||
necessitous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • poor enough to need help from others |