Hand-to-mouth
Hand-to-mouth adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.
Impoverished and hand-to-mouth are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Impoverished" instead an adjective phrase "Hand-to-mouth".
Impoverished
Impoverished adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: the widespread hope that the lottery's record-setting jackpot is won by an impoverished family
Hand-to-mouth and impoverished are semantically related. You can use "Hand-to-mouth" instead an adjective "Impoverished".
Nearby Words: impoverishment, impoverishing
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- bare and hand-to-mouth
- bare and impoverished
- poor and hand-to-mouth
- poor and impoverished
- penurious and hand-to-mouth
- penurious and impoverished
- distressed and hand-to-mouth
- distressed and impoverished
- indigent and hand-to-mouth
- indigent and impoverished
- scanty and hand-to-mouth
- scanty and impoverished
- beggarly and hand-to-mouth
- beggarly and impoverished
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Impoverished and Hand-to-mouth. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand-to-mouth/impoverished
Hand-to-mouth & Impoverished. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand-to-mouth/impoverished>.
Impoverished or Hand-to-mouth. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand-to-mouth/impoverished.
