Synonyms and antonyms of The state of being poor in British Thesaurus

poverty (noun)

a situation in which someone does not have enough money to pay for their basic needs

austerity (noun)

a situation in which economic conditions are bad and people’s living standards fall

want (noun)

a lack of money, food, and other things someone needs to live

deprivation (noun)

a situation in which people do not have basic things that they need to live a comfortable life

destitution (noun)

the state of having no money or possessions

penury (noun)

formal the state of being extremely poor

privation (noun)

formal a situation in which you do not have the basic things that you need for a comfortable life

the poorhouse (noun)

the state of not having any money

subsistence level (noun)

living conditions in which someone has only as much food and money as they need in order to stay alive

subsistence (noun)

the ability to stay alive when you do not have much food or money

the cupboard is bare ()

used for saying that there is no food left or money left to buy something

gutter (noun)

the bad social conditions of the poorest people in society