Indigent

Quick meaning: Indigent is an adjective meaning Poor; destitute; in need.

Meaning

Poor; destitute; in need.

More Meanings

1. A person in need, or in poverty.
2. (archaic) Utterly lacking or in need of something specified.

Example Sentences

Many of the indigent children are so badly provided for by their parents, with both food and raiment, that they cannot attend school regularly; […]

And were I not a thing for you and me To execrate in anguish, you would be As indigent a stranger to surprise, I fear, as I was once, and as unwise.

Because of this, when my second major health fiasco happened, I had no insurance, so I went to a teaching hospital where they took indigent patients.

I liked the streets best, so I walked and stared, and slept in a Salvation Army hostel for indigents. But I was no indigent; I was rich in feeling, and that was a luxury I had rarely known.

Word Forms

• indigents

Synonyms for indigent

Depending on context, synonyms include almsless, arm, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic.

Antonyms for indigent

Common opposites include affluent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include poor, impoverished, destitute, necessitous, poverty, indigence.

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