hard up | Definition of hard up

Synonyms and Antonyms of hard up

lacking money or material possessions

despite being undeniably hard up, they had too much pride to accept charity

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, skint [chiefly British], threadbare

Words Related to hard up

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 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