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Synonyms for impoverished

  • adjective

Most common

poverty-stricken destitute needy indigent poor dirt poor

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Poverty-stricken

poverty-stricken, destitute, needy, indigent, bankrupt, down-and-out, impecunious, disadvantaged, underprivileged, penniless, badly off, insolvent, strapped, broke, pinched, necessitous, flat, hard up, stony-broke, stone-broke, beggarly, penurious

2. Poor

poor, dirt poor, meager US CA, meagre UK, empty-handed, defective

Other

broken

Antonyms

well-to-do, well-off, wealthy

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Reduced to poverty.

  2. adj. 2

    Lacking in richness, diversity or health.

    The impoverished soil here can not support any crop.

Related words

Is a kind of
lacking

Example sentences

  • needy The socially needy receive an additional allowance.
  • destitute It was there that this destitute child was born.
  • indigent Being indigent is a misfortune, not a crime.
  • defective They checked to see if the machine was defective.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
impoverishedrising
needyfalling
destitutesteady
indigentfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
poor1, flat1
5 letters
broke1, needy2
6 letters
broken2, meager2, meagre
7 letters
pinched1
8 letters
bankrupt2, strapped1, indigent3, beggarly
9 letters
defective3, destitute3, penniless3, insolvent3, penurious4
11 letters
impecunious, necessitous
13 letters
disadvantaged4
15 letters
underprivileged4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (needy2 = 2 syllables).