Down-and-out synonyms
doun'ənd-out', -ən-
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Topographically rough; uneven:
beaten (related)
Worn by continuous use; familiar and much traveled:
Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken:
(Idiomatic) Someone who is down and out.
hard-drinking (related)
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Lacking the necessities of life; living in complete poverty
Doomed to death or destruction:
poor (related)
Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:
The definition of broke is having little or no money.
Unable to act
That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. [from 14th c.]
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Entirely without money.
The definition of prostrate is lying face down or bending over in adoration.
A person legally declared unable to pay his or her debts: the property of a bankrupt is administered for the benefit of his or her creditors and divided among them
in the gutter
in the poorhouse
Of insolvents or insolvency
wealthy (antonym)
Of, characterized by, or suggestive of wealth or abundance
rich (antonym)
Highly varied, developed, or complex:
well-to-do (antonym)
Prosperous; affluent; well-off.
Like or fit for a beggar; very poor, worthless, inadequate, etc.
The definition of impecunious is a person without any money.
(Archaic) Lacking; destitute (of)
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In great need; destitute; needy
The definition of needy is someone who is poor, or someone who demands a lot of care or attention.
Characterized by extreme poverty; impoverished
Characteristic of, or giving the appearance of, poverty
In financial need:
(Informal) A man or a boy.
The definition of a have not is someone or a group of people who does not possess as much material wealth or resources as others.
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on-one-s-uppers
up-against-it (related)
sea-sick (related)
out-of-sorts (related)
hoodlum (related)
womaniser (related)
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drug-addicted (related)
Find another word for down-and-out. In this page you can discover 43 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for down-and-out, like: broken, defeated, beaten, impoverished, down-and-outer, hard-up, , destitute, ruined, finished and poor.
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