'Indigent' definitions:
Definition of 'indigent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken]
Definition of 'Indigent'
From: GCIDE
- Indigent \In"di*gent\, a. [L. indigent, L. indigens, p. p. of indigere to stand in need of, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + L. egere to be needy, to need.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous. [1913 Webster]
- Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Charity consists in relieving the indigent. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'indigent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- almsman,
- almswoman,
- bankrupt,
- beggar,
- beggared,
- beggarly,
- bereaved,
- bereft,
- casual,
- charity case,
- deprived,
- destitute,
- disadvantaged,
- down-and-out,
- down-and-outer,
- flat broke,
- fleeced,
- ghettoized,
- hard up,
- hardcase,
- impecunious,
- impoverished,
- in need,
- in rags,
- in want,
- mendicant,
- necessitous,
- needy,
- on relief,
- out at elbows,
- pauper,
- pauperized,
- penniless,
- penniless man,
- penurious,
- poor,
- poor devil,
- poor man,
- poorling,
- poverty-stricken,
- short,
- starveling,
- strapped,
- stripped,
- underprivileged,
- welfare client