poverty (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *poverty*:
NOUN	state	poverty, poorness, impoverishment	the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

poverty > pronunciation
Sounds	paa'vertiy
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English > *poverty*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions.
Synonyms	poorness, impoverishment
Narrower	destitution	A state without friends or money or prospects
	impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness	A state of lacking money
	indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization	A state of extreme / extreme poverty or destitution
	privation, want, deprivation, neediness	A state of extreme / extreme poverty
Broader	financial condition	The condition of (corporate or personal) finances
Opposite	wealth, wealthiness	The state of being rich and affluent
Spanish	desabrigo, empobrecimiento, inopia, miseria, pauperismo, pobretería, pobreza
Catalan	empobriment, fretura, misèria, pobre, pobresa

HyperDic: poverty