Synonyms of poorness

poorness

noun

as in poverty

the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions

each country has its own standard of poorness, and one nation's needy inhabitant can be another's fairly well-off citizen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poverty
• impoverishment
• indigence
• pauperism
• penury
• misery
• necessity
• beggary
• neediness
• destitution
• need
• impecuniousness
• deprivation
• impecuniosity
• want
• privation
• penuriousness
• exigency
• wretchedness
• woe
• destituteness
• bankruptcy
• emergency
• gutter
• rainy day
• insolvency
• pinching
• austerity
• belt-tightening
• straitening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wealth
• richness
• affluence
• opulence
• wealthiness
• prosperity
• luxury

• wealth
• richness
• affluence
• opulence
• wealthiness
• prosperity
• luxury

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