Hard up synonyms | phrases

Phrases with similar meaning for Hard up

• poverty-stricken

  in trouble, penniless
• in straitened circumstances

  poor
• badly off
• in need
• flat broke

  broke, poor
• down-and-out
• in want
• strapped for cash

  skint, poor
• down and out

  poor
• in reduced circumstances

  poor
• short of money
• stone broke
• in the red

  penniless
• up against it
• dirt-poor
• on the breadline
• in queer street

  skint
• on one's uppers

  skint
• hard-set
• without a sou

  penniless
• without a red cent

  stone broke
• dirt poor
• out of pocket
• stony-broke
• in penury
• as poor as a church mouse
• on skid row
• bad off
• behind eight ball
• empty-handed
• truly needy
• ill-starred
• ill-fated
• have-not
• in dire straits
• back to the wall
• dead duck
• in the soup
• in the toilet
• no-chance
• no-way
• no-win
• running out of time
• up the creek
• in dire circumstances
• miserably poor
• hot to trot
• turned on
• at end of rope
• no chance