1. needy, indigent, impoverished, destitute, penniless, poverty-stricken, necessitous, straitened.
On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to miserably poor, such as: destitute, distressed, impoverished, indigent, needy, and poor.
beggar. bum. dependent. destitute. down-and-out.
Low-income is a polite way to describe people who are poor. Impoverished is used, especially in journalism, to talk about poor countries and the people who live there. To talk about poor areas in rich countries, use deprived. penniless (literary) having no money; very poor:He died penniless in Paris.
reduce poverty: alleviate, halve, reduce, relieveIncreasing home ownership won't alleviate poverty, he says. get rid of poverty: abolish, eliminate, end, eradicateOur goal is eradicating child poverty. increase poverty: deepen, exacerbate, perpetuate, worsenWater related diseases exacerbate poverty and threaten lives.
lack of the means of subsistence; utter poverty.
Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter.
penniless. adjective. someone who is penniless has no money.
The adverb of 'poor' is 'poorly'. The adverb of poverty would be made only in its usage in a sentence. For example: He lives in poverty.
Poor has also the noun form, termed as 'poverty'.
On this page you'll find 86 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to destitute, such as: bankrupt, exhausted, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, and needy.
: not strong and not ready to work or play a sport. She hasn't been taking care of herself and is in poor condition.
Peasants, Serfs and Farmers
Peasants were the poorest people in the medieval era and lived primarily in the country or small villages. Serfs were the poorest of the peasant class, and were a type of slave. Lords owned the serfs who lived on their lands.
Features. The Middle Class: Not Rich, Not Poor, But Uncertain Of The Future. Features.
The most widely used British slang words for poor are skint or strapped. These are ways of saying you or someone else has no money. There are other phrases such as “tightening your belt,” though this just implies a careful budgeting as opposed to outright poverty. Skint is the most common term.
We were too poor to buy new clothes. The organization helps poor families. She has a poor vocabulary. It was a poor attempt at a joke.
destitute. dirt poor. down-and-out. empty-handed. flat.