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poverty
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of POVERTY
1
the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions <he dreamed of finding a good job and working his way out of poverty and debt>
Synonyms beggary, destituteness, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, necessity, need, neediness, pauperism, penuriousness, penury, poorness, want
Related Words gutter, misery, woe, wretchedness; exigency; emergency, rainy day; austerity, deprivation, privation; bankruptcy, insolvency; belt-tightening, pinching, straitening
Near Antonyms luxury, prosperity
2
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number <a poverty of information about the new policies>
Synonyms crunch, dearth, deficit, drought (also drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lack, lacuna, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want
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