Synonyms for indigent
ˈɪn dɪ dʒəntin·di·gent

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1. indigent

   Synonyms:
   poor, straitened, needy, impecunious

   Antonyms:
   wealthy, rich, monied

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

   poor enough to need help from others

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

   Antonyms:
   rich

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1. indigentadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "indigent":

   destitute, needy, poor, indigence, poverty

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1. Robert Dunham:

   Both states have changed the way in which indigent capital defense is provided. Counsel makes a huge difference.

2. Jack Vanderhei:

   I really can't explain why so many people are confident about their ability to pay for long-term care, it might be that they think - wrongly - that Medicare is going to cover it, or maybe they'll just spend down to indigent levels and go on Medicaid. But there's no way this is a justifiable sense of optimism.

3. Jeffrey Clayton:

   They should stick to, Kellen Funk know, cases where typically we see problems with indigent parties getting ensnared in the system, and that’s those low-level misdemeanor cases.

4. Kathryn Kase:

   Up until now, Mr. Panetti has had to proceed without any expert assistance, he is indigent, has been on death row for 20 years and has no way to afford his own mental health professionals.