Poverty Synonyms
44 poverty synonyms include penury, destitution, indigence, pennilessness, privation, deprivation, impoverishment, neediness, need, and want. Poverty is a noun, and its antonyms are wealth and affluence. Here are some additional synonyms for "poverty" with example sentences.
Another word for Poverty
44 other ways to say poverty.
1. penury
- want
- straitened circumstances
- privation
- primary poverty
- penury
- pennilessness
- pauperism
- pauperdom
- neediness
- need
- insolvency
- indigence
- impoverishment
- impecuniousness
- impecuniosity
- hardship
- hand-to-mouth existence
- destitution
- deprivation
- beggary
- bankruptcy
2. scarcity
- want
- sterility
- sparsity
- sparseness
- shortage
- scarcity
- restrictedness
- poorness
- paucity
- mediocrity
- meagreness
- limitedness
- lack
- insufficiency
- inferiority
- inadequacy
- exiguity
- deficit
- deficiency
- dearth
- barrenness
- aridity
- absence
Use poverty in a Sentence
Education can help reduce poverty levels.
poverty is prevalent in society.
They work to alleviate extreme poverty.