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ne·ces·si·tous N0044200 (nə-sĕs′ĭ-təs)adj.1. Needy; indigent.2. Compelling; urgent.
[French nécessiteux, from Old French, necessary, from necessite, necessity; see necessity.]
ne·ces′si·tous·ly adv.necessitous (nɪˈsɛsɪtəs) or necessitiedadjvery needy; destitute; poverty-stricken neˈcessitously advne•ces•si•tous (nəˈsɛs ɪ təs)
adj. 1. needy; indigent. 2. essential or unavoidable. 3. requiring immediate attention or action; urgent: necessitous demands. [1605–15] ne•ces′si•tous•ly, adv. ne•ces′si•tous•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | necessitous - poor enough to need help from othersdestitute, impoverished, indigent, needy, poverty-strickenpoor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" |
necessitousadjectiveHaving little or no money or wealth:beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken.Informal: broke, strapped.Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers.TranslationsnecessitousenUK
Related to necessitous: impoverishedSynonyms for necessitousadj having little or no money or wealthSynonyms- beggarly
- destitute
- down-and-out
- impecunious
- impoverished
- indigent
- needy
- penniless
- penurious
- poor
- poverty-stricken
- broke
- strapped
Synonyms for necessitousadj poor enough to need help from othersSynonyms- destitute
- impoverished
- indigent
- needy
- poverty-stricken
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