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impoverishment

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of impoverishment

the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions

the gradual loss of manufacturing jobs plunged the area into a level of impoverishment it had never known

Synonyms of impoverishment

beggary, destituteness, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, indigence, necessity, need, neediness, pauperism, penuriousness, penury, poorness, poverty, want

Words Related to impoverishment

gutter, misery, woe, wretchedness

emergency, rainy day

austerity, deprivation, privation

bankruptcy, insolvency

belt-tightening, pinching, straitening

Near Antonyms of impoverishment

luxury, prosperity

Antonyms of impoverishment

affluence, opulence, richness, wealth, wealthiness

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