| Main Entry: | destitute |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | bankrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to pay debts |
Synonyms: |
broke, depleted, destitute, exhausted, failed, impoverished, in Chapter 11, insolvent, lacking, lost, out of business, ruined, spent, tapped out |
Antonyms: |
rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | bereft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking; missing |
Synonyms: |
beggared, bereaved, cut off, deprived, destitute, devoid, dispossessed, divested, fleeced, impoverished, left without, minus, naked, parted from, robbed, shorn, stripped, wanting, without |
Antonyms: |
full, happy |
| Main Entry: | broke |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without money |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beggared, bust, cleaned out, destitute, dirt poor, flat broke, impoverished, in Chapter 11, in debt, indebted, indigent, insolvent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, ruined, stone broke, strapped, tapped out |
Antonyms: |
affluent, rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | depleted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | consumed, exhausted |
Synonyms: |
all in, bare, bleary, collapsed, decreased, depreciated, destitute, devoid of, drained, effete, emptied, far-gone, in want, kaput, lessened, out of, pooped out, reduced, sapped, short of, sold, sold out, spent, sucked out, used, used up, vacant, washed out, wasted, weakened, without resources, worn, worn out |
Antonyms: |
augmented, enlarged, increased, unconsumed, unused |
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disadvantaged |
Synonyms: |
cheapened, depreciated, deprived, destitute, devalued, distressed, ghetto, ghost, impaired, needy, poor, poverty-stricken, run-down, shanty, skid row, underprivileged, weakened |
Antonyms: |
blessed, flourishing, prosperous, rich |
| Main Entry: | devoid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty, wanting |
Synonyms: |
bare, barren, bereft, deficient, denuded, destitute, free from, innocent, lacking, needed, sans, unprovided with, vacant, void, without |
| Notes: | void means empty; devoid means empty, but empty only after something has been taken away |
Antonyms: |
complete, filled, full |
| Main Entry: | down-and-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destitute |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beaten, beggared, broke, broken, defeated, derelict, destitute, finished, impoverished, in the gutter, in the poorhouse, in the red, insolvent, moneyless, needy, on the skids, out of funds, outcast, penniless, poverty-stricken, ruined, vagabond, vagrant |
Antonyms: |
rich, wealthy, well-to-do |
| Main Entry: | downtrodden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | afflicted, abused |
Synonyms: |
a slave to, abject, at one's beck and call, at one's feet, at one's mercy, destitute, distressed, exploited, have-not, helpless, in one's clutches, in one's pocket, in one's power, led by the nose, maltreated, mistreated, needy, oppressed, overcome, persecuted, subjugated, subservient, suppressed, tyrannized, under one's thumb, underdog*, underfoot |
Antonyms: |
happy, respected, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | empty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | containing nothing |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, bare, barren, blank, clear, dead, deflated, depleted, desert, deserted, desolate, despoiled, destitute, devoid, dry, evacuated, exhausted, forsaken, godforsaken, hollow, lacking, stark, unfilled, unfurnished, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, vacated, vacuous, void, wanting, waste |
Antonyms: |
complete, entire, filled, full, replete, sated, satisfied |