penury | Definition of penury

Synonyms and Antonyms of penury

the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions

lived in a time when single women like herself faced a lifetime of genteel penury

Synonyms of penury

beggary, destituteness, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, necessity, need, neediness, pauperism, penuriousness, poorness, poverty, want

Words Related to penury

gutter, misery, woe, wretchedness

emergency, rainy day

austerity, deprivation, privation

bankruptcy, insolvency

belt-tightening, pinching, straitening

Near Antonyms of penury

luxury, prosperity

Antonyms of penury

affluence, opulence, richness, wealth, wealthiness