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. Isabella Castragiovanni:

   Lack of access to even basic livelihood opportunities and diminished access to food and other assistance will make these families even more vulnerable and destitute and children will certainly become even more at risk, ...we shouldn't leave millions of children not only without hope, but without basic means to survive.

3. Howard Jackson:

   I was about to turn destitute before that woman came across me. Without her, I would have turned into a madman, god knows that's true.

4. Francis Bacon:

   The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.

5. 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.