Synonyms of down on one's luck

down on one's luck

phrase

as in poor

lacking money or material possessions

He's been down on his luck since his business went under.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poor
• impoverished
• out of pocket
• out at elbows
• bankrupt
• hard up
• out at the elbows
• needful
• broke
• deprived
• beggared
• bankrupted
• needy
• poverty-stricken
• depressed
• down-and-out
• indigent
• pauperized
• penniless
• destitute
• impecunious
• famished
• threadbare
• dirt-poor
• penurious
• beggarly
• necessitous
• low
• disadvantaged
• skint
• distressed
• tapped out
• short
• reduced
• ruined
• unaffluent
• underprivileged
• possessionless
• dispossessed
• insolvent
• bust
• pinched
• busted
• hand-to-mouth
• hardscrabble
• straitened
• cash-strapped
• poorish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fat
• rich
• wealthy
• affluent
• flush
• well-off
• opulent
• well-to-do
• comfortable
• silk-stocking
• moneyed
• prosperous
• monied
• fat-cat
• well-heeled
• deep-pocketed