poverty
UK/ˈpɒvəti//ˈpɑːvɚti/
poverty noun: the quality or state of being poor; lack of money.
Noun
poverty (usually uncountable, plural poverties)
- The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
- get into poverty
- get out of poverty
- A deficiency of something needed or desired
- poverty of soil
- poverty of the blood
poverty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
poverty in Hindi
- quality or state of being poor
- ग़रीबी ġarībī, निर्धनता nirdhantā, दरिद्रता daridratā, कंगाली kaṅgālī
poverty in Tamil
- quality or state of being poor
- வறுமை vaṟumai
poverty in Marathi
- poverty, indigence
- दारिद्र्य dāridrya
- poverty
- गरीबी garībī
poverty in Urdu
- quality or state of being poor
- غُرْبَت ġurbat, ناداری nādārī, غَرِیبی ġarībī
More languagesFewer languages
- poverty in Bengali
- দারিদ্র্য daridrjo
- poverty in Telugu
- పేదరికం pēdarikaṁ, బీదరికం bīdarikaṁ
- poverty in Malayalam
- ദാരിദ്ര്യം dāridryaṁ
- poverty in Kannada
- ಬಡತನ baḍatana
- poverty in Punjabi
- ਦਰਿੱਦਰ dariddar, ਦਲਿੱਦਰ daliddar, ਗ਼ਰੀਬੀ ġarībī
- poverty in Gujarati
- ગરીબાઈ garībāī, દળદર daḷdar
- poverty in Odia
- ଦାରିଦ୍ର୍ଯ଼
- poverty in Sanskrit
- दारिद्र्य dāridrya, कार्पण्य kārpaṇya, दुर्गति durgati
- poverty in Sinhala
- දිළිඳුබව diḷiⁿdubawa
- poverty in Nepali
- गरिबी
- poverty in Pashto
- فقيري faqirí, فقر faqr
- poverty in Tagalog
- karukhaan
- poverty in Arabic
- فَقْر faqr
- poverty in Malay
- kemiskinan
- poverty in Indonesian
- kemiskinan, kekurangan
- poverty in Persian
- فقر faqr
- poverty in Thai
- ความจน kwaam-jon, ความยากจน kwaam-yâak-jon
- poverty in Vietnamese
- sự nghèo nàn
- poverty in Myanmar
- ဆင်းရဲခြင်း hcang:rai:hkrang:
Examples of poverty in a sentence
- The mayor, however, pleaded poverty and sent only £500.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 329, about Queniborough:
- America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four.2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
Synonyms of poverty
- beggary
- brokeness
- destitution
- impecuniosity
- impecuniousness
- indigence
- mendicancy
- mendicity
- misery
- neediness
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Antonyms
Forms of poverty
| plural | poverties |
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Origin of poverty
From Middle English poverte, from Old French poverté (Modern French pauvreté), from Latin paupertās, from pauper (“poor”) + -tas (“noun of state suffix”). Cognates include pauper, poor.
Words formed from poverty
- antipoverty
- digital poverty
- energy poverty
- fuel poverty
- furniture poverty
- hygiene poverty
- income poverty
- nonpoverty
- period poverty
- poverty button
- poverty grass
- poverty is a mindset
- poverty is a state of mind
- povertyism
- poverty line
- poverty of the stimulus
- poverty poker
- poverty porn
- poverty-ridden
- poverty-stricken
- poverty-struck
- poverty trap
- povo
- primary poverty
- secondary poverty
- transport poverty
- ultrapoverty
Phrases with poverty
Words that rhyme with poverty
Questions about poverty
- What does poverty mean?
- Poverty means the quality or state of being poor; lack of money.
- What is poverty in Hindi?
- Poverty in Hindi is ग़रीबी (ġarībī), निर्धनता (nirdhantā), दरिद्रता (daridratā). See Poverty meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use poverty in a sentence?
- The mayor, however, pleaded poverty and sent only £500.
- What part of speech is poverty?
- Poverty is a noun.
- How do you pronounce poverty?
- Poverty is pronounced /ˈpɒvəti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of poverty?
- The plural of poverty is poverties.
Words near poverty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: poverty (page history and authors); गरीबी (Marathi) (page history and authors); ਗ਼ਰੀਬੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); poverty (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); कार्पण्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); poverty (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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