| 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 |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | impoverished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, exhausted |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, barren, beggared, broke, clean, depleted, destitute, distressed, drained, empty, flat broke, flat*, have-not, hurting, impecunious, indigent, insolvent, necessitous, needy, penurious, played out, poverty-stricken, reduced, ruined, spent, sterile, strapped |
Antonyms: |
enriched, full, plentiful, rich |
| Main Entry: | indigent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
Synonyms: |
beggared, busted, destitute, down and out, flat broke, hard up, homeless, impecunious, impoverished, in want, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken |
Antonyms: |
rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | miserable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destitute, shabby |
Synonyms: |
abject, bad, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, godforsaken, impoverished, indigent, inferior, lamentable, low, meager, mean, needy, paltry, pathetic, penniless, piteous, pitiable, poor, poverty-stricken, sad, scanty, scurvy, shameful, sordid, sorry, squalid, tragic, vile, worthless, wretched |
Antonyms: |
generous, rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | needy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deprived, impoverished |
Synonyms: |
beggared, dead broke, destitute, dirt poor, disadvantaged, down at heel, down to last cent, down-and-out, flat*, impecunious, indigent, necessitous, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, underprivileged, unprosperous |
Antonyms: |
affluent, rich, wealthy |
| 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 |
| 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 |