| 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 | ||