Rye was called the grain of poverty.
Source: tatoeba (1533)
Poverty
/ˈpɒvəti/
Synonyms for "poverty" (80 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Noun(7 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (40)
Noun(14 words)
needinesspauperismpauperizingpenurypoornessprivationragsreduced circumstancesslender meanssordidnessstimulus povertystraitened circumstancesstraiteningwretchedness
passpaucitypauperismpennilessnesspenurypinchpoornessprivationrarenessrarityscantscant sufficiencyscantinessscarcenessscarcityshortagesparsenesssparsitystraitstraits
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Adjective(1 words)
poor state
Related word relations
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More general
3 entrieseconomic conditionfinancial conditionlinguistics concept
More specific
5 entriesabsolute povertyextreme povertyinnate grammar claimrelative povertystimulus poverty hypothesis
Collocations
5 entriespoverty alleviationpoverty linepoverty of the stimuluspoverty ratepoverty reduction
Derivations
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Girls are more likely than boys to be malnourished, suffer poverty, face violence and be refused an education, according to a new report.
Source: tatoeba (2267)
We want freedom from poverty.
Source: tatoeba (22682)
No poverty can catch up with industry.
Source: tatoeba (23772)
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