- hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched - not having enough money to pay for necessities
Antonym: rich (indirect, via poor)
- parsimonious, penurious - excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"
Antonym: generous (indirect, via stingy)