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penuriousness

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Synonyms and Antonyms of penuriousness

1 the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money

he daily practiced such penuriousness that few would have guessed that he was one of the state's wealthiest residents

Synonyms of penuriousness

cheapness, cheeseparing, closeness, miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, penny-pinching, pinching, stinginess, tightfistedness, tightness

Words Related to penuriousness

conserving, economizing, economy, frugality, husbandry, providence, scrimping, skimping, thrift

conservation, saving

husbanding, managing

Near Antonyms of penuriousness

bountifulness, bounty, generosity, largesse (also largess), liberality, openhandedness, openheartedness, philanthropy, unselfishness

extravagance, lavishness

dissipation, improvidence, prodigality, squandering, wastefulness

2 the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions

the abject penuriousness of so many of the city's inhabitants should be a cause for concern

Synonyms of penuriousness

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

Words Related to penuriousness

gutter, misery, woe, wretchedness

emergency, rainy day

austerity, deprivation, privation

bankruptcy, insolvency

belt-tightening, pinching, straitening

Near Antonyms of penuriousness

luxury, prosperity

Antonyms of penuriousness

affluence, opulence, richness, wealth, wealthiness

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