Penniless — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

not having enough money to pay for necessities

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɛnɪləs/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɛnɪləs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɛnɪləs/

3 syllables Say it as /pˈɛnɪləs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

impecunious hard up penurious pinched in straitened circumstances

Word Forms

impecuniousness	noun	a state of lacking money
pennilessness	noun	a state of lacking money
penury	noun	a state of extreme poverty or destitution
penuriousness	noun	a state of lacking money

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

mittellos

nicht genug Geld haben, um das Nötigste zu bezahlen

🇫🇷French

sans le sou

ne pas avoir assez d'argent pour payer les nécessités

🇪🇸Spanish

sin dinero

no tener suficiente dinero para pagar las necesidades

🇮🇹Italian

senza un soldo

non avere abbastanza soldi per pagare le necessità

🇳🇱Dutch

berooid

niet genoeg geld hebben om de levensbehoeften te betalen

🇵🇹Portuguese

sem dinheiro

não ter dinheiro suficiente para pagar as necessidades

🇷🇺Russian

нищий

не иметь достаточно денег для оплаты предметов первой необходимости

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दरिद्र

ज़रूरतों के लिए भुगतान करने के लिए पर्याप्त पैसे नहीं होना

🇧🇩Bengali

অর্থহীন

প্রয়োজনের জন্য অর্থ প্রদানের জন্য পর্যাপ্ত অর্থ নেই

🇮🇳Tamil

பணமில்லாத

தேவைகளுக்குச் செலுத்த போதுமான பணம் இல்லை

🇮🇳Telugu

డబ్బులేని

అవసరాలకు సరిపడా డబ్బు లేదు

🇮🇳Marathi

पैसाहीन

गरजांसाठी पुरेसा पैसा नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

પેનિલેસ

જરૂરિયાતો માટે ચૂકવણી કરવા માટે પૂરતા પૈસા નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಣವಿಲ್ಲದ

ಅಗತ್ಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಪಾವತಿಸಲು ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಹಣವಿಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പണമില്ലാത്ത

അവശ്യ സാധനങ്ങൾ വാങ്ങാൻ പണമില്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੈਸੇ ਰਹਿਤ

ਲੋੜਾਂ ਲਈ ਭੁਗਤਾਨ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਲੋੜੀਂਦੇ ਪੈਸੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے درد

ضرورت کی ادائیگی کے لیے پیسے نہیں ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

身无分文的

没有足够的钱来支付必需品

🇯🇵Japanese

無一文

必需品を買うのに十分なお金がない

🇰🇷Korean

무일푼

필수품을 살 돈이 부족하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không xu dính túi

không có đủ tiền để chi trả cho những nhu cầu thiết yếu

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่มีเงิน

มีเงินไม่พอที่จะจ่ายค่าจำเป็น

🇮🇩Indonesian

miskin

tidak punya cukup uang untuk membayar kebutuhan

🇵🇭Filipino

walang pera

walang sapat na pera pambayad sa mga pangangailangan

🇲🇾Malay

tidak berduit

tidak mempunyai wang yang cukup untuk membayar keperluan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مفلس

عدم وجود ما يكفي من المال لدفع ثمن الضروريات

🇮🇷Persian

بی پول

نداشتن پول کافی برای پرداخت مایحتاج

🇹🇷Turkish

meteliksiz

ihtiyaçlar için yeterli paraya sahip olmamak

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֲסַר פְּרוּטָה

אין מספיק כסף לשלם עבור הצרכים

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The primary meaning of 'penniless' is 'not having enough money to pay for necessities'.

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Using 'penniless' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'penniless' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'penniless' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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