Synonyms for destitute
ˈdɛs tɪˌtut, -ˌtyutdes·ti·tute

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1. destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-strickenadjective

   poor enough to need help from others

   Synonyms:
   needy, innocent, indigent, barren, wiped out(p), devoid, necessitous, impoverished, broken, free, poverty-stricken

   Antonyms:
   existing, rich, existent

2. barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocentadjective

   completely wanting or lacking

   "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"

   Synonyms:
   guiltless, gratis(p), ingenuous, innocuous, indigent, needy, impeccant, complimentary, loose, costless, liberal, free, stark, unacquainted(p), desolate, barren, gratuitous, clean-handed, impoverished, detached, spare, innocent(p), innocent, poverty-stricken, sinless, devoid, bleak, bare, necessitous

   Antonyms:
   existent, existing, rich

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1. destituteadjective

   Synonyms:
   indigent, needy, poor, penniless, necessitous, distressed, reduced, pinched, short of money, out of money, out of cash, out of pocket, in need, in want, moneyless

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1. destituteadjective

   Synonyms:
   devoid, deficient, lacking, needy, very poor

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1. List of paraphrases for "destitute":

   indigent, indigence, destitution, needy, dispossessed, poor, impoverished, helpless, disadvantaged

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1. Charles Dickens:

   'At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge,' said the gentleman, taking up a pen, 'it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. ... We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices.'

2. Gordon Chang:

   They do this because administrations in the past have let them—this is not a story about North Korea or China—this is a story about the failure of American policy makers to protect the American people, we are the most powerful nation in history and are constantly outwitted by one that is the most destitute on the earth.

3. Ruben Garcia:

   The people that are going to be there are immigrants. They're refugees. Many of them are homeless. They're destitute and they're afraid.

4. The Bruce:

   We love it just as much as you do, after the family was railroaded out of town, they lived in Los Angeles destitute and so therefore, these people who did this to my family need to rectify it by any means, including apologize.

5. Liza Schuster:

   Aside from the very wealthy, the only ones who are not thinking of leaving are the destitute, part of it is driven by an unrealistic idea of life in Europe, but a huge part is driven by how difficult it is in Afghanistan.