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- [pov-er-tee]
- /ˈpɒv ər ti/
- /ˈpɒv.ə.ti/
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- [pov-er-tee]
- /ˈpɒv ər ti/
Definitions of poverty word
- noun poverty the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury. Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty. 1
- noun poverty deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities, etc.: poverty of the soil. Synonyms: thinness, poorness, insufficiency. 1
- noun poverty scantiness; insufficiency: Their efforts to stamp out disease were hampered by a poverty of medical supplies. Synonyms: meagerness, inadequacy, sparseness, shortage, paucity, dearth. Antonyms: abundance, surfeit, sufficiency, bounty, glut. 1
- abbreviation POVERTY poor 1
- noun poverty scarcity, paucity 1
- uncountable noun poverty Poverty is the state of being extremely poor. 0
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Origin of poverty
First appearance:
before 1125 One of the 6% oldest English words
1125-75; Middle English poverte < Old French < Latin paupertāt- (stem of paupertās) small means, moderate circumstances. See pauper, -ty2
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Parts of speech for Poverty
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
poverty popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for poverty
noun poverty
- aridities — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- aridity — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- dearth — If there is a dearth of something, there is not enough of it.
- defalcation — the amount embezzled
- defectiveness — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
Antonyms for poverty
noun poverty
- abundance — An abundance of something is a large quantity of it.
- acquisition — If a company or business person makes an acquisition, they buy another company or part of a company.
- all kinds of — You can use all kinds of to emphasize that there are a great number and variety of particular things or people.
- ampleness — fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish.
- annuity — An annuity is an investment or insurance policy that pays someone a fixed sum of money each year.
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