impecunious | Definition of impecunious

Synonyms and Antonyms of impecunious

lacking money or material possessions

they were so impecunious that they couldn't afford to give one another even token Christmas gifts

Synonyms of impecunious

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

Words Related to impecunious

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 impecunious

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

Near Antonyms of impecunious

comfortable, prosperous

Antonyms of impecunious

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