Synonyms for Poverty
ˈpɒv ər tipover·ty

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1. poverty

   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, privation, want

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1. poverty

   Synonyms:
   want, need, indigence, destitution

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1. poverty, poorness, impoverishmentnoun

   the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

   Synonyms:
   exiguity, leanness, impoverishment, pauperization, poorness, meagreness, poverty, meagerness, scantiness, pauperisation, scantness

   Antonyms:
   wealthiness, wealth

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1. povertynoun

   Synonyms:
   indigence, penury, want, destitution, need, necessity, privation, distress, straitened circumstances

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1. povertynoun

   Synonyms:
   penury, indigence, need, destitution, privation, neediness, impecuniosity, pauperism, deficiency, paucity, infecundity, dearth, lack, meagerness, sterility, barrenness

   Associated words:
   impoverish, impoverishment

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1. List of paraphrases for "poverty":

   poor, misery, pauvreté, pobreza, destitution, impoverishment, impoverished, indigent, deprivation, indigence, poorest, anti-poverty

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1. Chetan Dube:

   There are schools of thought and singularity that say, ‘This is going too far. Super-intelligence will start to dominate human intelligence in the next decade.’ I do not subscribe to that, there are also digital optimists who argue [AI] could cure poverty, hunger and everything else. There is one thing both of these two antipodal groups agree on: This is going to be the biggest tectonic transformation that the planet has ever seen. Whether it’s going to lead to the ultimate destruction of mankind or complete eradication of all diseases and poverty is up for debate. But the fact is this is going to have an impact bigger than any other impact that man has seen before. That’s not up for question.

2. Raul Grijalva:

   The unaccompanied minors seeking shelter here risked life and limb to escape violence and poverty in Central America, too often, they find themselves exposed to new threats of discrimination and sexual assault once they’re here. These attacks are completely preventable with adequate protections, and HHS has the moral responsibility to ensure those precautions are in place.

3. Sir Thomas Browne:

   I am the happiest man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty into riches, adversity to prosperity, and I am more invulnerable than Achilles; fortune hath not one place to hit me.

4. President Trump:

   Last month, unemployment reached its lowest level in 51 years, 1.3 million children have been lifted out of poverty -- think of that. And, African-American, Hispanic AmericanandAsian American unemployment rates have reached the lowest levels in history. Our great Hispanic American population has reached a poverty level which is an all-time low in U.S. history. ... The median income for Hispanic Americans has surpassed $ 50,000 a year for the first time ever.

5. Lujan Grisham:

   One of the reasons that our( New Mexico) families are resilient, strong even in the face of extreme poverty and difficulty is because we are open, we integrate well, and we think we can message that about the economy, the wall is not a positive message. So it will give us an opportunity to distinguish ourselves and to talk about that advocacy which we think will be very beneficial.