Synonyms for Penurious:

adj.

•broke (adjective)
destitute, impoverished, poor, indigent, bankrupt, penniless, needy, Strapped.
•cheap (adjective)
tightfisted.
•close (adjective)
mean, tight.
•destitute (adjective)
busted, bereft, poverty-stricken, pinched, impecunious, necessitous.
•economical (adjective)
stingy.
•impecunious (adjective)
homeless.
•impoverished (adjective)
distressed, have-not, broke.
•indigent (adjective)
hard up.
•mean (adjective)
niggard.
•penurious (adjective)
costive, frugal, ungenerous, parsimonious, cheap, tightfisted, penny-pinching, close-fisted.
•poor (adjective)
dilapidated, shabby, squalid, bankrupt, bereft, impoverished, scruffy, pauper, poverty-stricken, struggling, penniless, have-not, indigent, in need, deprived, beggarly, badly off, hand-to-mouth, embarrassed, distressed, homeless, necessitous, down-and-out, busted, poor, destitute.
•stingy (adjective)
costive, frugal, close-fisted, mean, cheap, Pinching, tight, study at stingy.

n.

costive, give, mean, penny-pinching, niggard, Hard-fisted, tightfisted, petty, close-fisted, Pinching, tight, cheap. •penurious (noun)
stingy, ungenerous, hard up, poor, pinched, penniless, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, parsimonious.

Other synonyms:

necessitous, Pinching, costive, close-fisted, penny-pinching. indigent, broke, Strapped, Hard-fisted, needy, tightfisted. petty. tight. •Other relevant words:
impecunious, hard up, parsimonious, cheap, petty, badly off, tightfisted, Hard-fisted, frugal, tight, close-fisted, indigent, penny-pinching, in straitened circumstances, stingy, pinched, Strapped, ungenerous, niggard, needy, costive, Pinching, mean, broke, necessitous.