English noun: poverty | |||
1. | poverty (state) the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | ||
Synonyms | impoverishment, poorness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | financial condition | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | deprivation, destitution, impecuniousness, indigence, need, neediness, pauperism, pauperization, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, privation, want | ||
Antonyms | wealth, wealthiness | ||