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Poverty

/ˈpɒvəti/

The quality or state of being poor; lack of money

📖 Definitions of "Poverty"

noun

1
The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
2
Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness
"poverty of soil"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
impoverishmentnoun	The state of being impoverished.
poornessnoun	poverty

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

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

Word	Definition
poornessnoun	poverty
impoverishmentnoun	The state of being impoverished.
indigencenoun	Extreme poverty or destitution.
penurynoun	(uncountable) Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.
impoverished	Reduced to poverty.
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.
deprived	Subject to deprivation; poor.
poverty-stricken	Very poor.
destituteverb	Lacking money, poor, impoverished; especially, extremely so.
shortagenoun	A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
pauperisationnoun	Alternative spelling of pauperization. [The act or process of reducing to poverty.]
pauperizationnoun	The act or process of reducing to poverty.
scarcitynoun	(uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
dearthnoun	(by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
paucitynoun	A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.
pittancenoun	A meagre allowance of money or wages.
destitutionnoun	An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
miserynoun	Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
wretchednessnoun	An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.