What are the opposite words for richness?
The antonyms for the word "richness" are poverty, destitution, scarcity, meagerness, and austerity. Poverty refers to a state of being extremely poor or lacking financial resources. Destitution suggests extreme poverty, characterized by a lack of food, shelter, and other basic needs. Scarcity refers to an insufficient supply of something, such as food, water, or money. Meagerness suggests a lack of quantity, quality, or substance. Austerity refers to a state of living with minimal luxury or comfort, often brought about by economic hardship or government policies. Each of these antonyms paints a picture of the opposite of richness, emphasizing a lack of abundance, resources, or prosperity.
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poverty
- abjection,
- exiguity,
- famine,
- penury,
- underdevelopment,
- vacancy,
- Necessitousness,
- abjections,
- dis tress,
- dis tresses,
- dis-tress,
- dis-tresses,
- exiguities,
- in adequacies,
- in adequacy,
- in sufficiencies,
- in sufficiency,
- in-adequacies,
- in-adequacy,
- in-sufficiencies,
- in-sufficiency,
- necessitousnesses,
- under development,
- under developments,
- under-development,
- under-developments,
- underdevelopments.
- bankruptcy
- inability to pay debts
- want; extreme need, often financial
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Other relevant words
- agony,
- anguish,
- dolor,
- gravity,
- grief,
- heartache,
- heartbreak,
- misery,
- pathos,
- seriousness,
- soberness,
- solemnity,
- somberness,
- sorrow,
- torment,
- torture,
- tribulation,
- woe,
- Solemnness.
Antonym of the day
leading the way
- Antonyms:
- abandon, follow, misguide.
