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hard up

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of hard up

lacking money or material possessions

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Synonyms of hard up

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

Words Related to hard up

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 Synonymous with hard up

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

Near Antonyms of hard up

comfortable, prosperous

Antonyms of hard up

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

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