poverty

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.

Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

need lack want impoverishment indigence penury beggary scarcity hardship privation destitution deprivation scantiness poorness meagerness
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Antonyms

wealth emperor benjamin treasury capitol chou
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Hypernyms

financial condition

Hyponyms

need want privation destitution indigence neediness

Related terms

poor impoverish poorness

Phrases with the word

dire poverty severe poverty utter poverty critical poverty hard poverty absolute poverty

Examples

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. Aristotle

Pride is utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness. John Climacus

Pride is the extreme poverty of the soul that thinks itself to be rich and mistakes darkness for light. John Climacus

Poverty makes thieves, like love makes poets. Hindi Proverb

There are no better masters than poverty and wants. Dutch Proverb

Poverty is the root of quarrels. Hindi Proverb

Close letter words and terms

povert povertician povertie poverty cycle poverty grass poverty level