HyperDic: poverty

English > 1 sense of the word poverty:
NOUNstatepoverty, poorness, impoverishmentthe state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
poverty > pronunciation
Soundspaa'vertiy
Rhymesability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy...
English > poverty: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningThe state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions.
Synonymspoorness, impoverishment
NarrowerdestitutionA state without friends or money or prospects
impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousnessA state of lacking money
indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperizationA state of extreme / extreme poverty or destitution
privation, want, deprivation, needinessA state of extreme / extreme poverty
Broaderfinancial conditionThe condition of (corporate or personal) finances
Oppositewealth, wealthinessThe state of being rich and affluent
Spanishdesabrigo, empobrecimiento, inopia, miseria, pauperismo, pobretería, pobreza
Catalanempobriment, fretura, misèria, pobre, pobresa

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