penurious

Questions about penurious

What does penurious mean?

penurious means "not having enough money to pay for necessities". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in penurious?

penurious has 4 syllables: pen-u-ri-ous. The stress falls on "u". In IPA it is /ˌpɛˈnjuɹiəs/.

What is another word for penurious?

Close synonyms include hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is penurious a common word?

penurious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.