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Impoverishment

The action of impoverishing someone.

📖 Definitions of "Impoverishment"

noun

1
The action of impoverishing someone.
2
The state of being impoverished.

🔄 Synonyms of "Impoverishment"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
povertynoun	The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
poornessnoun	poverty
pauperizationnoun	The act or process of reducing to poverty.

↔️ Antonyms of "Impoverishment"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
wealthnoun	(uncountable, economics) Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
wealthinessnoun	wealth; the possession of riches

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Impoverishment"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
pauperizationnoun	The act or process of reducing to poverty.
povertynoun	The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
poornessnoun	poverty
pauperisationnoun	Alternative spelling of pauperization. [The act or process of reducing to poverty.]
poverty-stricken	Very poor.
poornoun	(with the) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.
indigentnoun	A person in need, or in poverty.
degradationnoun	The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society
deteriorationnoun	The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
destitutionnoun	An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
lossnoun	(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
miserynoun	Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
deprivationnoun	(uncountable) The state of being deprived; lack.
starvationnoun	A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.
exhaustionnoun	Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
squalornoun	Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty
depletionnoun	The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
declinenoun	The act of declining or refusing something.
stratospheric	(figurative, colloquial) Unusually or unreasonably high; astronomical.
erosionnoun	(uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.