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moneyless
| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | penniless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without any money |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, broke*, clean*, cleaned out, dead broke, destitute, dirt poor, down to last penny, flat broke, flat*, impecunious, impoverished, in the gutter, indigent, lacking, moneyless, necessitous, needy, on last leg, over a barrel, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, ruined, strapped, tapped out, without a dime |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking sufficient money |
| Synonyms: | bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball, broke*, destitute, dirt poor, down-and-out, empty-handed, flat broke, flat*, fortuneless, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in need, in want, indigent, insolvent, low, meager, moneyless, necessitous, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched, poverty-stricken, reduced, scanty*, stone broke, strapped, suffering, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poverty-stricken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very poor |
| Synonyms: | bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, broke, broke*, destitute, dirt poor, distressed, down and out, down-and-out, hard up, impencunious, impoverished, in dire circumstances, in great need; financially poor, in want, indigent, miserably poor, moneyless, necessitous, needful, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, short*, stone broke, stranded, strapped, strapped, suffering, unmoneyed, wanting |
| Antonyms: | rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | necessitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
| Synonyms: | bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball, broke*, destitute, dirt poor, down-and-out, empty-handed, flat broke, flat*, fortuneless, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in need, in want, indigent, insolvent, low, meager, moneyless, needy, on one's uppers, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched, poverty-stricken, reduced*, scanty*, stone broke, strapped, suffering, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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