Synonyms for indigence
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Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
Extreme poverty or destitution.
Related words
- Other spellings
- indigency
Forms
- Plural
- indigences → pauperisms, penuries, destitutions, poverties…
Example sentences
- poverty The issue of Third World poverty is very pressing.
- destitution We fight to pull ourselves out of destitution.
- penury Can Tebboune lead Algeria from penury to prosperity?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| indigence | steady | |
| poverty | rising | |
| destitution | steady | |
| penury | steady | |
| pauperism | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- need1, want1, lack1
- 6 letters
- misery3, penury3
- 7 letters
- poverty3, beggary
- 8 letters
- distress2
- 9 letters
- necessity4, privation3, pauperism
- 10 letters
- mendicancy
- 11 letters
- destitution4
- 13 letters
- pauperization, pauperisation, pennilessness, moneylessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (misery3 = 3 syllables).