What is another word for poverty?
228 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pˈɒvəti], [ pˈɒvəti], [ p_ˈɒ_v_ə_t_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for poverty:- adversity (noun)
- dearth (noun)
- distress (noun)
- embarrassment (noun)
- impoverishment (noun)
- inadequacy (noun)
- insufficiency (noun)
- lack (noun)
- misery (noun)
- paucity (noun)
- poverty (noun)
- privation (noun)
- shortage (noun)
- ugliness (noun)
- want (noun)
- want; extreme need, often financial (noun)
- other synonyms
- misery
Synonyms for Poverty:
n.
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- rich,
- penuriousness.
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- need.
- woe,
- bad luck,
- hard luck,
- burden,
- ordeal,
- catastrophe,
- misfortune,
- agony,
- blight,
- curse,
- casualty,
- peril,
- hardship,
- grief,
- calamity,
- infliction,
- rainy day,
- tribulation,
- contretemps,
- tragedy,
- trouble,
- trial,
- dolor,
- bane,
- misadventure,
- affliction,
- torment,
- mishap,
- difficulty,
- disaster,
- adversity.
- un commonnesses,
- exiguousnesses,
- de fault,
- de-fault,
- rarenesses,
- de-faults,
- sparsities,
- de faults,
- slim picking,
- in frequencies,
- un-commonnesses,
- uncommonnesses,
- in-frequencies,
- in-frequency,
- un-commonness,
- in frequency,
- un commonness.
- holy messes,
- dis-tresses,
- mis fortune,
- mis fortunes,
- unholy messes,
- can worms,
- rotten lucks,
- dis tresses,
- tough breaks,
- dis-tress,
- mis-fortunes,
- tough lucks,
- dis tress,
- ticklish spots.
- dis composure,
- mis-takes,
- egg face,
- dis-composures,
- in discretions,
- un-ease,
- in-discretion,
- un easiness,
- in discretion,
- un-easinesses,
- dis-composure,
- un eases,
- awkward situations,
- self-consciousnesses,
- un ease,
- selfconsciousness,
- disconcertions,
- mis takes,
- un-eases,
- mis-take,
- un-easiness,
- dis composures,
- in-discretions,
- self consciousnesses,
- self consciousness,
- selfconsciousnesses,
- mis take.
- in-adequateness,
- in adequateness,
- in efficacies,
- in competence,
- in-effectivenesses,
- in-efficiency,
- faultinesses,
- incompletenesses,
- in-competencies,
- in-efficacies,
- un suitableness,
- in-completenesses,
- in completenesses,
- skimpinesses,
- in adequacies,
- in-effectualness,
- defectivenesses,
- in aptnesses,
- in-adequacy,
- in efficiency,
- in-sufficiency,
- in-competency,
- in competency,
- in-effectiveness,
- in-sufficiencies,
- un fitness,
- inadequatenesses,
- in-efficiencies,
- in effectualnesses,
- in-adequatenesses,
- un suitablenesses,
- in capacities,
- in efficiencies,
- in-aptness,
- in competencies,
- in sufficiency,
- in-effectualnesses,
- un-suitablenesses,
- in effectivenesses,
- in adequatenesses,
- in effectiveness,
- in competences,
- in-competences,
- in-capacity,
- un fitnesses,
- in-adequacies,
- in efficacy,
- in aptness,
- in completeness,
- in-completeness,
- in-capacities,
- un-fitness,
- un-suitableness,
- in effectualness,
- in-competence,
- in-aptnesses,
- un-fitnesses,
- in-efficacy,
- inaptnesses,
- in sufficiencies,
- in capacity,
- in adequacy.
- pittance,
- niggardliness,
- deficiency,
- scarceness,
- meagerness,
- shortfall,
- Flyspeck,
- stinginess,
- speck,
- miserliness.
Other synonyms:
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- gutter,
- underage,
- austerity,
- subsistence,
- deficit,
- shortcoming.
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
anti-poverty.
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Proper noun, singular
anti-poverty.
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Noun, singular or mass
anti-poverty.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Noun, plural
Households, Surveys, experiences, trials.
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Noun, plural
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Other Related
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Adjective
poverty-related, poverty-stricken, poor.
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Proper noun, singular
poor.
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Noun, plural
poor.
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Noun, singular or mass
destitution, deprivation, misery, squalor, penury, indigence, indigent, destitute, precariousness, scarcity, poor, wretchedness, pauperization, hardship, starvation.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Poverty:
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n.
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want; extreme need, often financial
enough, excess, abundance, sufficiency, fill, advantage, profit, ease, surplus, wealth, adequacy.
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Other antonyms:
opulence, oversupply, prosperity, luxury, affluence, copiousness, surfeit, bountifulness, richness, overabundance, amplitude, plenty.
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want; extreme need, often financial