1. Poor, impecunious, impoverished, penniless refer to those lacking money. Poor is the simple term for the condition of lacking means to obtain the comforts of life: a very poor family. Impecunious often suggests that the poverty is a consequence of unwise habits: an impecunious actor.
On this page you'll find 225 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to moneyless, such as: bankrupt, exhausted, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, and needy.
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beggar. bum. dependent. destitute. down-and-out.
Poverty refers to the lack of adequate financial resources such that individuals, households, and entire communities don't have the means to subsist or acquire the basic necessities for a flourishing life. This means being so poor as to struggle to obtain food, clothing, shelter, and medicines.
Also called economic burden, economic hardship, financial distress, financial hardship, financial stress, and financial toxicity.
penniless. poverty-stricken. underprivileged. bankrupt. down-and-out.
Some common synonyms of poverty are destitution, indigence, penury, and want.
down-and-out. adjectivedestitute. bankrupt. beaten. beggared.
destitute • \DESS-tuh-toot\ • adjective. 1 : lacking something needed or desirable 2 : lacking possessions and resources; especially : suffering extreme poverty.
And saying “poor countries” sounds patronizing. In US-speak, you say “low income” people and you say, “developing countries.” Doesn't that seem more polite and respectful? Being “low income” or “developing” sounds much more transitory, like a temporary inconvenience. Everything will get right back on track soon enough.
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.
destitution. noun. the state of having no money or possessions.
informal. having no money; bankrupt.
Poor, impecunious, impoverished, penniless refer to those lacking money.
On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to recession, such as: bankruptcy, collapse, decline, deflation, downturn, and hard times.
Financial stress can be defined as difficulty meeting basic financial commitments due to a shortage of money. Financial stress increases the risk of homelessness and can negatively impact an individual's health and psychological well-being. Not surprisingly, low income is a significant cause of financial stress.
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.