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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deprived, impoverished |
| Synonyms: | beggared, dead broke, destitute, dirt poor, disadvantaged, down at heel, down to last cent, down-and-out, flat*, impecunious, indigent, necessitous, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, underprivileged, unprosperous |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disadvantaged |
| Synonyms: | cheapened, depreciated, deprived, destitute, devalued, distressed, ghetto, ghost, impaired, needy, poor, poverty-stricken, run-down, shanty, skid row, underprivileged, weakened |
| Antonyms: | blessed, flourishing, prosperous, rich |
| Main Entry: | deserving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthy, meritorious |
| Synonyms: | admirable, commendable, due, estimable, fitting, laudable, needy, praisable, praiseworthy, righteous, rightful, thankworthy |
| Antonyms: | undeserving, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | destitute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | down and out; wanting |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beggared, bereft, busted, dead broke, deficient, depleted, deprived of, devoid of, dirt poor, divested, drained, empty, exhausted, flat broke, flat*, impecunious, impoverished, in need of, indigent, insolvent, lacking, moneyless, necessitous, needy, on the breadline, on the rocks, penniless, penurious, pinched, played out, poor, poverty-stricken, stony, strapped, stripped, totaled, wiped out, without |
| Antonyms: | lucky, prosperous, rich, secure, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | down-and-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destitute |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beaten, beggared, broke, broken, defeated, derelict, destitute, finished, impoverished, in the gutter, in the poorhouse, in the red, insolvent, moneyless, needy, on the skids, out of funds, outcast, penniless, poverty-stricken, ruined, vagabond, vagrant |
| Antonyms: | rich, wealthy, well-to-do |
| Main Entry: | downtrodden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | afflicted, abused |
| Synonyms: | a slave to, abject, at one's beck and call, at one's feet, at one's mercy, destitute, distressed, exploited, have-not, helpless, in one's clutches, in one's pocket, in one's power, led by the nose, maltreated, mistreated, needy, oppressed, overcome, persecuted, subjugated, subservient, suppressed, tyrannized, under one's thumb, underdog*, underfoot |
| Antonyms: | happy, respected, satisfied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impecunious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poverty-stricken |
| Synonyms: | beggared, broke*, cleaned out, destitute, dirt poor, homeless, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, strapped, unprosperous |
| Antonyms: | moneyed, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impoverished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, exhausted |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, barren, beggared, broke, clean, depleted, destitute, distressed, drained, empty, flat broke, flat*, have-not, hurting, impecunious, indigent, insolvent, necessitous, needy, penurious, played out, poverty-stricken, reduced, ruined, spent, sterile, strapped |
| Antonyms: | enriched, full, plentiful, rich |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indigent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
| Synonyms: | beggared, busted, destitute, down and out, flat broke, hard up, homeless, impecunious, impoverished, in want, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken |
| Antonyms: | rich, wealthy |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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