Synonyms of the word

impoverishment

• n. The action of impoverishing someone.
• n. The state of being impoverished.

deprivation

• n. (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some…
• n. (uncountable) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
• n. (countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
• n. (followed by “of”) lack.

pauperisation

• n. Alternative spelling of pauperization.

pauperization

• n. The act or process of reducing to pauperism.

poorness

• n. The quality of being poor.
• n. poverty.

poverty

• n. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.
• n. Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness.

privation

• n. (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the…
• n. The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
• n. The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.