Being broke must be part of the human condition, there are so many words and terms for it – and alluding to it – in the English language. I’ve dug out as many as I can. If you think of any more, let us know!
- broke
- impecunious
- brassic
- poor
- potless
- penniless
- poverty stricken
- badly off
- beggared
- behind the eight ball
- destitute
- dirt-poor
- down and out
- flat broke
- fortuneless
- hard up
- impoverished
- indigent
- insolvent
- moneyless
- penurious
- strapped for cash
- reduced circumstances
- stony broke
- deprivation
- pauperism
- abjection
- privation
- paucity
There are also a surprising number of different words and phrases for having plenty of money:
- rich
- wealthy
- rolling in it
- affluent
- filthy rich
- loaded
- made of money
- in the clover
- flush
- moneyed
- prosperous
- well heeled
- well to do
- millionaire
- billionaire
- moneyed
- stinking rich
- well off
- comfortably off
- pecunious
- having it made
- in the money
- of independent means
