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pen·ni·less
 penniless
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- pronunciation:
- pe
ni
lihs
[or]
pe
nih
lihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
having no money at all; very poor.
a penniless beggar- synonyms:
- broke, busted, impecunious, insolvent, poor, strapped
- antonyms:
- moneyed, opulent, wealthy
- similar words:
- bankrupt, destitute, down and out, down-and-out, indigent, needy, penurious, poverty-stricken
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adverb + (adj.)penniless
alone, completely, easily, essentially, literally, nearly, practically, suddenly, truly, virtually
(adj.)penniless
+ noun
actor,
artist,
beggar,
clothes,
decade,
defendant,
divorce,
exile,
foot,
hippie,
immigrant,
jew,
laborer,
loser,
merchant,
month,
orphan,
refugee,
scientist,
widow,
writer,
youth
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| derivations: |
pennilessly (adv.), pennilessness (n.) |
The word penniless
contains the following part:
-less
Middle English
adjective-forming suffix
that means without
  More about this word part:
The suffix -less
attaches primarily to monosyllabic English nouns. However, -less
is a fully productive suffix, meaning it can be added to any noun to form legitimate new words.
Example words:
aimless, airless, baseless, blameless, bloodless, boneless, bodiless, bottomless, boundless, brainless, breathless, careless, cheerless, colorless, cordless, countless, dauntless, doubtless, endless, fatherless, fearless, feckless, flawless, formless, graceless, groundless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, jobless, joyless, listless, matchless, merciless, mindless, motionless, nameless, painless, peerless, penniless, pitiless, pointless, powerless, priceless, regardless, relentless, restless, selfless, sightless, soundless1, spotless, stainless, strapless, sunless, tasteless, thoughtless, tireless, useless, wireless, weightless, worthless
- synonyms:
- a-1, an-1
- antonyms:
- -ful1
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