Necessitous
Necessitous adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: amidst the holiday feasting, merrymaking and spending, it was easy to overlook the necessitous members of the community
Poorish and necessitous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poorish" instead an adjective "Necessitous".
Nearby Words: necessity, necessitated
Poorish
Necessitous and poorish are semantically related. You can use "Necessitous" instead an adjective "Poorish".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and necessitous
- poor and poorish
- penurious and necessitous
- penurious and poorish
- indigent and necessitous
- indigent and poorish
- impoverished and necessitous
- impoverished and poorish
- destitute and necessitous
- destitute and poorish
- penniless and necessitous
- penniless and poorish
- broke and necessitous
- broke and poorish
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Poorish and Necessitous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/necessitous/poorish
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Poorish or Necessitous. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/necessitous/poorish.
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