Synonyms of impecunious

impecunious

adjective

ˌim-pi-ˈkyü-nyəs 

as in impoverished

lacking money or material possessions

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of impecunious

Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer, Eddie. —Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021

Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer, Eddie. —Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021

Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer, Eddie. —Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021

Dalton’s impassioned singing style — as if Billie Holiday took up residence in an impecunious Southern misfit — has made fans out a range of contemporaries, from the art-rock auteur Nick Cave to the harpist Joanna Newsom. —Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021

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