Synonyms of penniless

penniless

adjective

as in impoverished

lacking money or material possessions

went from being a penniless girl to owner of her own restaurant

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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