Synonyms for poverty
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pov-er-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒv ər ti |
Top 10 synonyms for poverty Other synonyms for the word poverty
- abjection
- aridity
- barrenness
- beggary
- dearth
- deficiency
- depletion
- destitution
- distress
- emptiness
- exiguity
- impecuniousness
- impoverishment
- inadequacy
- indigence
- insolvency
- insufficiency
- meagerness
- necessitousness
- necessity
- pass
- paucity
- pauperism
- pennilessness
- penury
- pinch
- poorness
- privation
- reduction
- straits
- underdevelopment
- vacancy
Définition of poverty
Origin :- late 12c., from Old French poverte "poverty, misery, wretched condition" (Modern French pauvreté), from Latin paupertatem (nominative paupertas) "poverty," from pauper "poor" (see poor (adj.)).
- Seeing so much poverty everywhere makes me think that God is not rich. He gives the appearance of it, but I suspect some financial difficulties. [Victor Hugo, "Les Misérables," 1862]
- Poverty line attested from 1901; poverty trap from 1966; poverty-stricken from 1803.
- noun want; extreme need, often financial
- She cared little for poverty or riches, as long as she had regained her chief treasures.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- They rend the heart with pity all the more for the reason that there is no sense in their poverty.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Its most significant details were of a sordid kind, familiar to poverty.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- In the one case, as she knew it, a girl under the urge of poverty had stolen.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- While Shakespeare was in London he allowed his wife to suffer the extremes of poverty.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- The dread of poverty is a nightmare; it wears one's life threadbare.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- True, on the train were some bearing undeniable evidences of poverty; but not many.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- When she became a widow she was driven from her estates, but was happy to lead the life of poverty.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Napoleon heard all of these discussions, and was sadly aware of the poverty of his home.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
Antonyms for poverty
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