indigent | Definition of indigent

Synonyms and Antonyms of indigent

lacking money or material possessions

because he was indigent, the court appointed a lawyer to represent him

Synonyms of indigent

beggared, beggarly, broke, destitute, dirt-poor, down-and-out, famished, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, necessitous, needful, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, skint [chiefly British], threadbare

Words Related to indigent

deprived, disadvantaged, dispossessed, unaffluent, underprivileged

bankrupt, bankrupted, bust (or busted), insolvent

possessionless, ruined

depressed, distressed, hand-to-mouth, hardscrabble, pinched, poorish, reduced, straitened

cash-strapped, low, short, tapped out

Phrases Synonymous with indigent

down on one's luck, out at elbows (or out at the elbows), out of pocket

Near Antonyms of indigent

comfortable, prosperous

Antonyms of indigent

affluent, deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, flush, moneyed (also monied), opulent, rich, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do