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Synonyms for strapped

  • adjective

Most common

cash-strapped penurious ripped

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Impoverished — poor; broke

impoverished, hard up, broke, cash-strapped, poor, destitute, indigent, stony, penurious, pinched, needy, poverty-stricken, penniless, bankrupt, impecunious, beggared

Other

ripped, blicked up slang

Antonyms

well-off, rich, well-heeled

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Poor; broke.

Related words

Phrases
strapped for money strapped for cash

Example sentences

  • ripped Yanni's thriving career was ripped from under him.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
strappedrising
penurioussteady
rippedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
poor1
5 letters
broke1, needy2, stony2
6 letters
ripped1
7 letters
pinched1
8 letters
bankrupt2, indigent3, beggared
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).