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Synonyms & Antonyms of impoverished
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
lacking money or material possessions
- the widespread hope that the lottery's record-setting jackpot is won by an impoverished family
Synonyms for impoverished
- beggared,
- beggarly,
- broke,
- destitute,
- dirt-poor,
- down-and-out,
- famished,
- hard up,
- impecunious,
- indigent,
- necessitous,
- needful,
- needy,
- pauperized,
- penniless,
- penurious,
- poor,
- poverty-stricken,
- skint
- [chiefly British],
- threadbare
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Antonyms for impoverished
- affluent,
- deep-pocketed,
- fat,
- fat-cat,
- flush,
- moneyed
- (also monied),
- opulent,
- rich,
- silk-stocking,
- wealthy,
- well-heeled,
- well-off,
- well-to-do
2
producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation
- an impoverished field that over the years had been overgrazed
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Antonyms for impoverished
impoverished
verb
past tense of impoverish
Synonyms & Antonyms of impoverished (Entry 2 of 2)
1
as in beggared, pauperized
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2
as in depleted, consumed
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The first known use of impoverished was in 1611
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