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Antonyms for privation
praɪˈveɪ ʃənpri·va·tion
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term privation.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
privation
Poverty denotes strictly lack of property or adequate means of support, but in common use is a relative term denoting any condition below that of easy, comfortable living; privation denotes a condition of painful lack of what is useful or desirable, tho not to the extent of absolute distress; indigence is lack of ordinary means of subsistence; destitution is lack of the comforts, and in part even of the necessaries of life; penury is especially cramping poverty, possibly not so sharp as destitution, but continuous, while that may be temporary; pauperism is such destitution as throws one upon organized public charity for support; beggary and mendicancy denote poverty that appeals for indiscriminate private charity.
Synonyms:
beggary, destitution, distress, indigence, mendicancy, need, pauperism, penury, poverty, want
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
privation
Antonyms:
accession, supply, restoration, benefaction, restitution, presence, compensation, recovery, privilegeSynonyms:
deprivation, destitution, absence, negation, loss, bereavement, hardship, want
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Princeton's WordNet
privation, want, deprivation, needinessnoun
a state of extreme poverty
Synonyms:
neediness, need, deprivation, loss, wishing, wish, lack, deficiency, wantprivation, deprivationnoun
act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
"nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
Synonyms:
want, neediness, deprivation, loss
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
privationnoun
Synonyms:
deprivation, degradation, destitution, poverty, need, absence
How to use privation in a sentence?
Pope Francis about perceptions:
The soul of the Cuban people ... was forged amid suffering and privation which would not suppress the faith.
The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character-building value of privation for the poor.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1098 | supply | |
#2147 | recovery | |
#2782 | presence | |
#3099 | compensation | |
#5345 | restoration | |
#8959 | privilege | |
#10512 | accession | |
#22740 | restitution | |
#112192 | privation | |
#289340 | benefaction |
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