English Explanatory Dictionary

moneyless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having no (or very little) money.
  2. That does not use money as a means of exchange.

Pronunciation

/ˈmʌniləs/

Word forms

moneyless more moneyless most moneyless

Etymology

From Middle English moneyeles, equivalent to money + -less.

Synonyms

penniless destitute almsless arm badly off bankrupt beggared beggarly boracic broke broken broker than the Ten Commandments depauperate dirt poor disadvantaged down and out down at heel down on one's luck down on one's uppers empty-handed feeling the pinch flat goodless hard up impecunious impoverished in need indigent insolvent lower-class necessitous needy oofless pauperized penurious pinched pok kai poor poor as a church mouse poor as a rat poor as Job possessionless poverty-ridden poverty-stricken shillingless skint stone-broke stony-broke strapped stuck threadbare unwealthy wealthless nonmoney

Related words

unmoneyed cashless

Derived words

moneylessness
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