Synonyms for On one's uppers:

• adj.

  • necessitous
  • Beggared
  ,
  • Fortuneless
  ,
  • behind eight ball
  ,
  • dirt poor
  ,
  • down and out
  ,
  • flat broke
  ,
  • in need
  ,
  • in want
  ,
  • moneyless
  ,
  • on uppers
  ,
  • stone broke
  ,
  • truly needy
  ,
  • unprosperous
  ,
  • Pauperized
  ,
  • Strapped
  ,
  • bad off
  ,
  • destitute
  ,
  • empty-handed
  ,
  • flat
  ,
  • low
  ,
  • meager
  ,
  • needy
  ,
  • penniless
  ,
  • penurious
  ,
  • pinched
  ,
  • poverty-stricken
  ,
  • reduced
  ,
  • scanty
  ,
  • suffering
  ,
  • underprivileged
  .
  • poor
  • necessitous
  .

• Other relevant words:

• bankrupt
,
• beggarly
,
• broke
,
• deprived
,
• disadvantaged
,
• down-and-out
,
• hard up
,
• impecunious
,
• impoverished
,
• indigent
,
• insolvent
.

What are the hypernyms for On one's uppers?

• Other hypernyms:

  destitute, indigent, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, strapped for cash, financially strapped, Financially challenged, Financially destitute.