Destitute
Destitute adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: many families were left destitute by the horrible fire
Needful and destitute are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Needful" instead an adjective "Destitute".
Nearby Words: destitution, destituted
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and destitute
- poor and needful
- penurious and destitute
- penurious and needful
- distressed and destitute
- distressed and needful
- indigent and destitute
- indigent and needful
- bankrupt and destitute
- bankrupt and needful
- beggarly and destitute
- beggarly and needful
- impoverished and destitute
- impoverished and needful
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Needful and Destitute. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destitute/needful
Destitute & Needful. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/destitute/needful>.
Needful or Destitute. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/destitute/needful.
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