penniless
Without any money
Penniless means having no money at all: She arrived in the city penniless.
The word emphasizes complete poverty, not just being short on cash.
A penniless artist lives in destitution; someone who forgot their wallet is merely without funds at the moment.
Utterly without means
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
- poverty-strickenExtremely poor condition
- pauperizedMade extremely poor
needy · poor · underprivileged · disadvantaged · deprived · hand-to-mouth · subsistence · penury
Lacking any funds
- bankruptUnable to repay debts
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- cashlessNot using physical money
- strappedLacking available funds
skint · hard-up · moneyless · empty-handed · bust · ruined · stone-broke · short
destitute
Utterly without means
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
- poverty-strickenExtremely poor condition
pauperized · needy · poor · underprivileged · disadvantaged · deprived · hand-to-mouth · subsistence · penury · want
broke
Lacking any funds
strapped · skint · hard-up · moneyless · empty-handed · bust · ruined · stone-broke · short · pinched
vagrant
Homeless itinerant person
derelict · drifter · transient · panhandler · street · shelter · doorway · cardboard · dispossessed · displaced
charity
Voluntary aid for others
relief · assistance · support · aid · shelter · ration · dole · benefits · donation · poorhouse
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
- negative adjectivesawful, bad, cruel, dumb, evil
- spendersspendthrift, overspender, big spender, free spender, reckless spender
pennilesswealthy
Having abundant financial resources
rich · affluent · prosperous · well-off · well-to-do