Synonyms of down-and-out

down-and-out 1 of 2

adjective

ˈdau̇n-ən(d)-ˈau̇t 

1

as in weak

lacking bodily strength

I'm over the flu, but I still feel down-and-out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weak
• weakened
• feeble
• frail
• disabled
• debilitated
• paralyzed
• tired
• infirm
• faint
• enfeebled
• asthenic
• wimpy
• vulnerable
• languid
• effete
• injured
• wasted
• exhausted
• soft
• slight
• softened
• low
• unsubstantial
• prostrate
• weary
• incapacitated
• enervated
• wimpish
• tender
• delicate
• fragile
• sapped
• decrepit
• prostrated
• unsteady
• powerless
• broken-down
• invalid
• drained
• impotent
• damaged
• rocky
• dizzy
• woozy
• susceptible
• hurt
• groggy
• impaired
• flimsy
• flagging
• breakable
• worn-out
• unsound
• resistless
• yielding
• harmed
• unresistant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• powerful
• mighty
• stalwart
• strong
• rugged
• athletic
• muscular
• tough
• brawny
• stout
• virile
• hard
• sinewy
• beefy
• able-bodied
• hardy
• fit
• lusty
• husky
• sturdy
• robust
• hardened
• energetic
• vigorous
• healthy
• fortified
• competent
• strapping
• capable
• strengthened
• sound
• red-blooded
• energized
• recovering
• hale
• inured
• toughened
• invigorated
• vitalized
• convalescing
• recuperating

2

as in impoverished

lacking money or material possessions

a soup kitchen where the down-and-out daily line up for a hot meal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impoverished
• poor
• broke
• penniless
• needy
• destitute
• indigent
• poverty-stricken
• dirt-poor
• bankrupt
• impecunious
• beggared
• penurious
• depressed
• famished
• deprived
• pauperized
• necessitous
• beggarly
• needful
• threadbare
• out at elbows
• out of pocket
• hard up
• skint
• disadvantaged
• underprivileged
• bankrupted
• distressed
• dispossessed
• down on one's luck
• hardscrabble
• insolvent
• ruined
• unaffluent
• cash-strapped
• hand-to-mouth
• bust
• poorish
• reduced
• pinched
• short
• straitened
• possessionless
• tapped out
• low

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• well-to-do
• moneyed
• opulent
• fat
• flush
• well-off
• fat-cat
• well-heeled
• silk-stocking
• comfortable
• prosperous
• deep-pocketed

down-and-out

2 of 2

noun

variants or down-and-outer

as in have-not

Related Words

• have-not
• indigent
• pauper
• hobo
• drifter
• beggar
• vagabond
• panhandler
• mendicant
• tramp
• ne'er-do-well
• waif
• transient
• urchin
• ragamuffin
• roamer
• insolvent
• bankrupt
• almsman
• gamine

Dissimilar Words

• affluent
• plutocrat
• moneybags
• millionaire
• deep pocket
• billionaire
• fat cat
• have
• millionairess
• tycoon
• success
• magnate
• moneymaker
• nabob
• gazillionaire
• billionairess

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of down-and-out

Adjective

Three years later, the two actors reunited for an even messier love story, the down-and-out souls of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026

The rather down-and-out-looking fellow in front of me was buying a handful of lottery tickets. — Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026

The first pictures McCullin took were of hoodlums and down-and-outs, subjects that reflected his own hardscrabble background. — Andrew Pulver, Air Mail, 31 Jan. 2026

While the aggressively noirish script (by Kubrick and his friend Howard Sackler, who had also written Fear and Desire) about a down-and-out boxer who falls for a gangster’s moll sometimes comes off like a parody, Kubrick is clearly coming into his own here as an artist. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025