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moneyless

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈmʌniləs/
  • CMU ARPABET: M AH1 N IY0 L IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having no (or very little) money.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: penniless, destitute, almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic, broke, broken, broker than the Ten Commandments, depauperate, dirt poor, disadvantaged, down and out, down at heel, down on one's luck, down on one's uppers, empty-handed, farthingless, feeling the pinch, flat, goodless, groatless, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in need, indigent, insolvent, lower-class, moneyless, necessitous, needy, oofless, pauperized, penurious, pinched, pok kai, poor, poor as a church mouse, poor as a rat, poor as Job, possessionless, poverty-ridden, poverty-stricken, shillingless, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke, strapped, stuck, threadbare, unwealthy, wealthless

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

That does not use money as a means of exchange.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: nonmoney
  • In eras when trade was largely by barter and taxes were usually paid in kind, moneyless transactions could constitute a large percentage of a national economy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nonmoney

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not based on the possession of money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a moneyless economy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: moneyed

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

having no money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • virtually moneyless rural regions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English moneyeles, equivalent to money + -less.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: безпаричен (bezparičen) — having no or very little money
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貧窮 /贫穷 (pínqióng) — having no or very little money
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一文不名 (yīwénbùmíng) — having no or very little money
  • Finnish: rahaton — having no or very little money
  • German: Geldlos — having no or very little money
  • Ido: senpekunia — having no or very little money
  • Kyrgyz: акчасыз (akcasız) — having no or very little money
  • Middle English: moneyeles — having no or very little money
  • Russian: безде́нежный (bezdénežnyj) — having no or very little money
  • Ukrainian: безгрошови́й (bezhrošovýj) — having no or very little money
  • Ukrainian: безгроше́вий (bezhrošévyj) — having no or very little money
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不使用金錢的 /不使用金钱的 (bù shǐyòng jīnqián de) — that does not use money as a means of exchange
  • Finnish: käteisvapaa — that does not use money as a means of exchange
  • Kyrgyz: акчасыз (akcasız) — that does not use money as a means of exchange
  • Polish: bezpieniężny — that does not use money as a means of exchange
  • Ukrainian: безгрошови́й (bezhrošovýj) — that does not use money as a means of exchange
  • Ukrainian: безгроше́вий (bezhrošévyj) — that does not use money as a means of exchange