Synonyms of cash-strapped

cash-strapped

adjective

as in distressed

Related Words

• distressed
• hardscrabble
• depressed
• straitened
• tapped out
• hand-to-mouth
• pinched
• short
• bankrupt
• reduced
• poorish
• insolvent
• ruined
• disadvantaged
• low
• impoverished
• underprivileged
• deprived
• impecunious
• needy
• penniless
• indigent
• bust
• down-and-out
• poor
• possessionless
• penurious
• dispossessed
• bankrupted
• destitute
• poverty-stricken
• famished
• dirt-poor
• skint
• broke
• beggarly
• threadbare
• needful
• necessitous
• pauperized
• unaffluent
• beggared
• hard up

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cash-strapped

The toll has also generated more than $550 million in revenue for the region’s creaky and cash-strapped transit system — exceeding projections, the MTA has said. —Philip Marcelo, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026

The toll has also generated more than $550 million in revenue for the region's creaky and cash-strapped transit system — exceeding projections, the MTA has said. —CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026

Fentanyl, by contrast, can be smoked easily and efficiently by users who are often cash-strapped and concerned with cost-effectiveness. —Lev Facher, STAT, 12 Feb. 2026

The Lees were up with the lark to chat about the major first-look contract with the Royal Court, which is something to cheer about at a time when the arts are cash-strapped and under attack, and under pressure due to economic and political forces. —Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025

When her mother’s Southern offices became overextended and cash-strapped, McKissack Daniel had to make the painful decision to shut them down. —Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

The pandemic left the YMCA cash-strapped and the prospect of a developer bulldozing the camp energized generations of residents and Wewa alumni seeking to save it. —Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025

But if your small business has been cash-strapped, an out-of-the-blue offer for free funding might feel like a wish come true and break through your skepticism. —Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 14 May 2025

Recovery efforts have been slow After the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese troops on April 30, 1975, the U.S. imposed a trade and economic embargo on all of Vietnam, leaving the country both war-damaged and cash-strapped. —Pamela McElwee, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025