Penniless
Penniless adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: went from being a penniless girl to owner of her own restaurant
Poverty-stricken is a synonym for penniless in poor topic. In some cases you can use "Poverty-stricken" instead an adjective "Penniless", when it comes to topics like rich, without any money. popular alternative
Poverty-stricken
Poverty-stricken adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: poverty-stricken immigrants struggling to make ends meet
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and penniless
- poor and poverty-stricken
- penurious and penniless
- penurious and poverty-stricken
- distressed and penniless
- distressed and poverty-stricken
- indigent and penniless
- indigent and poverty-stricken
- bankrupt and penniless
- bankrupt and poverty-stricken
- beggarly and penniless
- beggarly and poverty-stricken
- impoverished and penniless
- impoverished and poverty-stricken
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Poverty-stricken and Penniless. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/penniless/poverty-stricken
Penniless & Poverty-stricken. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/penniless/poverty-stricken>.
Poverty-stricken or Penniless. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/penniless/poverty-stricken.
