dirt-poor

Synonyms

beggared, beggarly, broke, destitute, down-and-out, famished, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needful, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken;

Antonyms

affluent, deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, flush, moneyed (also monied), opulent, rich, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do;

Near Antonyms

comfortable, prosperous;

Related Words

deprived, disadvantaged, dispossessed, underprivileged;

bankrupt, bankrupted, bust (or busted), insolvent;

possessionless, ruined;

depressed, distressed, hand-to-mouth, hardscrabble, pinched, reduced, straitened;

cash-strapped, low, short;

Phrases

down on one's luck, out at elbows (or out at the elbows), out of pocket;