necessitous

The word “necessitous” has 4 syllables: ne-ces-si-tous

It's pronounced as /nəˈsɛsɪtəs/

What is synonym and antonym for necessitous?

In the thesaurus, “necessitous” has 129 synonyms and 44 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for necessitous along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for necessitous

acute
all-important
bad off
bankrupt
bankrupted
basic
beggared
beggarly
behind the eight ball
broke
burning
bust
busted
cash-strapped
central
clamant
compelling
compulsory
consequential
critical
crucial
crying
dangerous
demanding
depressed
deprived
desperate
destitute
dire
dirt poor
dirt-poor
disadvantaged
dispossessed
distressed
down-and-out
emergent
empty-handed
essential
exigent
explosive
extreme
famished
flat
flat broke
fortuneless
fundamental
grave
hand-to-mouth
hard up
hardscrabble
hazardous
immediate
impecunious
imperative
imperious
important
importunate
impoverished
in need
in want
indigent
indispensable
insistent
insolvent
instant
integral
intense
key
life-and-death
life-or-death
low
major
mandatory
material
meager
meaningful
momentous
moneyless
must-have
necessary
needed
needful
needy
nonelective
obligatory
of the essence
organic
out at elbows
out at the elbows
out of pocket
overriding
pauperized
penniless
penurious
perilous
persistent
pinched
poor
poorish
possessionless
poverty-stricken
precarious
prerequisite
pressing
reduced
required
requisite
ruined
scanty
serious
severe
short
significant
skint
stone broke
straitened
strapped
substantial
suffering
tapped out
threadbare
truly needy
unaffluent
underprivileged
unprosperous
unstable
urgent
vital
weighty

Antonyms for necessitous

affluent
comfortable
deep-pocketed
dispensable
excess
external
extra
extraneous
fat
fat-cat
flush
incidental
inconsequential
inessential
insignificant
low-pressure
minor
moneyed
monied
needless
negligible
noncritical
nonessential
nonthreatening
nonurgent
opulent
prosperous
rich
safe
silk-stocking
stable
superfluous
surplus
trivial
undesired
unessential
unimportant
unnecessary
unneeded
unwanted
wealthy
well-heeled
well-off
well-to-do

Meanings of necessitous

adjective
1. Needy, indigent, destitute, poor.
2. Lacking; required.
3. Necessary; unavoidable.

Example Sentences

The charity organization provided aid to necessitous families during the holiday season.
After losing his job, he found himself in a necessitous situation, struggling to make ends meet.
The government implemented programs to assist necessitous communities affected by natural disasters.
Her sudden illness left her in a necessitous condition, unable to work and support herself.
The organization aims to alleviate the suffering of necessitous individuals through various outreach programs.

On this page you'll find 173 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to necessitous, such as: acute, affluent, all-important, bad off, bankrupt, bankrupted, basic.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.