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penuriousness

noun

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 stateʼs 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 cityʼs 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

exigency

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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