Destitute Synonyms and Antonyms

dĕstĭ-to͝ot, -tyo͝ot
Not having a desirable element
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. barren
  2. devoid
  3. empty
  4. innocent
  5. lacking
  6. void
  7. wanting
Having little or no money or wealth
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. impoverished
  2. indigent
  3. poor
  4. needy
  5. penniless
  6. poverty-stricken
  7. down-and-out
  8. impecunious
  9. broke
  10. necessitous
  11. devoid
  12. beggarly
  13. abandoned
  14. bankrupt
  15. bereft
  16. defeated
  17. deficient
  18. deprived
  19. barren
  20. desolate
  21. devastated
  22. penurious
  23. empty
  24. exhausted
  25. forsaken
  26. homeless
  27. insolvent
  28. strapped
  29. lacking
  30. very poor
  31. free
  32. wanting
  33. wasted
  34. innocent
Antonyms:
  1. rich
  2. wealthy
  3. secure
  4. prosperous
  5. lucky
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Words Related to Destitute

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. full
  2. friendless
  3. houseless
  4. the-needy

Destitute Sentence Examples

  • Land bears have the soles of the feet destitute of hair, and their fur more or less shaggy.

  • Nor is the country destitute of mineral wealth.

  • Nor were the Boer leaders destitute of comprehensive schemes.

  • Lassalle held that the co-operative schemes of SchulzeDelitzsch on the principle of " self-help " were utterly inadequate, for the obvious reason that the working classes were destitute of capital.

  • When Ignatius arrived in Paris, he lodged at first with some fellow-countrymen; and for two years attended the lectures on humanities at the college de Montaigu, supporting himself at first by the charity of Isabella Roser; but, a fellowlodger defrauding him of his stock, he found himself destitute and compelled to beg his bread.

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