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Synonyms for hard up

  • adjective

Most common

broke pinched impecunious penurious

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Adjective

1. Poor — lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties

poor, pinched, impecunious, penurious, broke, badly off, needy, strapped, impoverished, destitute, penniless, indigent

Antonyms

rich, well-off, well-heeled

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.

Related words

Other spellings
hard-up

Example sentences

  • broke A rifle shot broke the peace of the early morning.
  • pinched Ziri picked his daughter up and pinched her cheek.

By length

4 letters
poor1
5 letters
broke1, needy2
7 letters
pinched1
8 letters
strapped1, indigent3
9 letters
destitute3, penniless3, penurious4
11 letters
impecunious
12 letters
impoverished3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (needy2 = 2 syllables).