Poverty Synonyms
Poverty is a noun. Its synonyms include penury, destitution, indigence, pennilessness, privation, deprivation, impoverishment, neediness, need, and want. 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. in the sense of penury
- penury
- indigence
- privation
- impoverishment
- need
- hardship
- impecuniosity
- beggary
- straitened circumstances
- insolvency
- pauperdom
- destitution
- pennilessness
- deprivation
- neediness
- want
- impecuniousness
- hand-to-mouth existence
- pauperism
- bankruptcy
- primary poverty
2. in the sense of scarcity
- scarcity
- dearth
- paucity
- inadequacy
- lack
- deficit
- limitedness
- sparseness
- exiguity
- mediocrity
- barrenness
- sterility
- deficiency
- shortage
- insufficiency
- absence
- want
- meagreness
- restrictedness
- sparsity
- inferiority
- poorness
- aridity
Poverty Sentences
Poverty affects millions of families worldwide.
Education can help reduce poverty levels.
They work to alleviate extreme poverty.
Poverty often leads to hopelessness and despair.