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Synonyms & Antonyms of indigent
(Entry 1 of 2)
lacking money or material possessions
- because he was indigent, the court appointed a lawyer to represent him
Synonyms for 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
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Antonyms for indigent
- affluent,
- deep-pocketed,
- fat,
- fat-cat,
- flush,
- moneyed
- (also monied),
- opulent,
- rich,
- silk-stocking,
- wealthy,
- well-heeled,
- well-off,
- well-to-do
indigent
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of indigent (Entry 2 of 2)
as in have-not, pauper
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