All on one's uppers synonyms
up·per
O o adj on one's uppers
- dirt poor — lacking nearly all material means or resources for living.
- flat broke — having no money
- in-solvent — not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.
- beggared — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- necessitous — destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent: to aid a necessitous young mother.
- moneyless — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- down and out — downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
adjective on one's uppers
- fortuneless — Unlucky, unfortunate.