Synonyms of hard up

hard up

adjective

as in poor

lacking money or material possessions

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hard up

Once the timing of the case pushed hard up against a national election in which Trump was likely to run, forbearance would have been the proper and public-spirited course. —Rich Lowry, National Review, 14 Jan. 2024

Considering the Heat’s position hard up against the second apron of the punitive luxury tax, 10–day contracts stand as a means to pay only when needed, 10 days at a time, at the veteran-minimum, scale. —Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024

The Habs are getting there, incrementally, and GM Kent Hughes might have to consider surrendering the No. 5 pick if one of the 10-12 clubs hard up against the cap offers an overpayment in terms of legit NHL players under contract. —Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023

David Shoemaker then got three straight groundballs, the first scoring a run and the second stranding runners on second and third and Penn leading 5-3. Samford’s Josh Rodriguez then bounced the ball hard up the middle, and Penn’s Ryan Taylor threw wildly to first. —Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 4 June 2023