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Synonyms & Antonyms of down-and-out
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1
lacking bodily strength
- I'm over the flu, but I still feel down-and-out
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2
lacking money or material possessions
- a soup kitchen where the down-and-out daily line up for a hot meal
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- beggared,
- beggarly,
- broke,
- destitute,
- dirt-poor,
- famished,
- hard up,
- impecunious,
- impoverished,
- indigent,
- necessitous,
- needful,
- needy,
- pauperized,
- penniless,
- penurious,
- poor,
- poverty-stricken,
- skint
- [chiefly British],
- threadbare
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- affluent,
- deep-pocketed,
- fat,
- fat-cat,
- flush,
- moneyed
- (also monied),
- opulent,
- rich,
- silk-stocking,
- wealthy,
- well-heeled,
- well-off,
- well-to-do
down-and-out
noun
variants:
or down-and-outer
Synonyms & Antonyms of down-and-out (Entry 2 of 2)
as in have-not, pauper
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“Down-and-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/down-and-out. Accessed 3 Aug. 2021.
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The first known use of down-and-out was in 1894
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