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skint

adjective , chiefly British

Synonyms and Antonyms of skint

lacking money or material possessions

an area of London where skint punk rockers would hang out

Synonyms of skint

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

Words Related to skint

deprived, disadvantaged, dispossessed, unaffluent, underprivileged

bankrupt, bankrupted, bust (or busted), insolvent

possessionless, ruined

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

cash-strapped, low, short, tapped out

Phrases Synonymous with skint

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

Near Antonyms of skint

comfortable, prosperous

Antonyms of skint

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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