| indispensable(adjective, important, capital, essential, vital) |
| on one's uppers(adjective, idiom, poor, rich) |
| pauperized(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager) |
| skint(adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished, broke) |
| underprivileged(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager) |
| deprived(adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished, needy) |
| disadvantaged(adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished, needy) |
| down-and-out(adjective, flat, poor, low, rich) |
| essential(adjective, important, capital, vital, chief) |
| flat(adjective, poor, low, informal, exhausted) |
| low(adjective, flat, poor, meager, destitute) |
| prerequisite(adjective, important, capital, essential, vital) |
| reduced(adjective, flat, poor, low, informal) |
| short(adjective, poor, distressed, lacking, wanting) |
| distressed(adjective, poor, sick, poverty, destitute) |
| exigent(essential, required, needed) |
| imperative(important, capital, essential, vital, fundamental) |
| in need(expression, adjective, idiom, flat, poor) |
| lean |
| meager(adjective, flat, poor, low, destitute) |