Synonyms for penurious

Adjective

1. hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(predicate), penniless, penurious, pinched, poor (vs. rich)

usage: not having enough money to pay for necessities

2. parsimonious, penurious, stingy (vs. generous), ungenerous

usage: excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"