Another word for necessitous

Having little or no money or wealth

• strapped

  1. In financial need:

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  1. In financial need:

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• broke

  1. Bankrupt.
  2. Lacking funds:

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  1. Bankrupt.
  2. Lacking funds:

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• poverty-stricken

  1. Extremely poor:

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  1. Extremely poor:

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• poor

  1. Having insufficient wealth to meet the necessities or comforts of life or to live in a manner considered acceptable in a society.
  2. Relating to or characterized by poverty:
  3. Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality:

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  1. Having insufficient wealth to meet the necessities or comforts of life or to live in a manner considered acceptable in a society.
  2. Relating to or characterized by poverty:
  3. Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality:

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• penurious

  1. Poverty-stricken; destitute.
  2. Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
  3. Scanty or meager:

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  1. Poverty-stricken; destitute.
  2. Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
  3. Scanty or meager:

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• penniless

  1. Entirely without money.
  2. Very poor.

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  1. Entirely without money.
  2. Very poor.

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• needy

  1. Being in need; impoverished;
  2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree.

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  1. Being in need; impoverished;
  2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree.

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• indigent

  1. Experiencing want or need; impoverished:
  2. Lacking or deficient.
  3. A poor or destitute person.

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  1. Experiencing want or need; impoverished:
  2. Lacking or deficient.
  3. A poor or destitute person.

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• impoverished

  1. Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken:
  2. Deprived of richness or strength; limited or depleted:

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  1. Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken:
  2. Deprived of richness or strength; limited or depleted:

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• impecunious

  1. Having little or no money.

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  1. Having little or no money.

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• down-and-out

  1. Lacking funds, resources, or prospects.
  2. Incapacitated; prostrate.
  3. One who is down-and-out.

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  1. Lacking funds, resources, or prospects.
  2. Incapacitated; prostrate.
  3. One who is down-and-out.

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• destitute

  1. Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished.
  2. Utterly lacking; devoid:

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  1. Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished.
  2. Utterly lacking; devoid:

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• beggarly

  1. Of, relating to, or befitting a beggar; very poor:
  2. So mean, petty, or paltry as to deserve contempt.

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  1. Of, relating to, or befitting a beggar; very poor:
  2. So mean, petty, or paltry as to deserve contempt.

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