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Synonyms for privation

  • noun

Most common

deprivation destitution indigence penury

All synonyms

Noun

deprivation, destitution, indigence, penury, poverty, hardship, distress, want, misery, necessity, loss, neediness, need, absence, bereavement, moneylessness, pauperism, beggary

Antonyms

affluence, wealth, abundance

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.

Forms

Plural
privations → deprivations, destitutions, indigences, penuries…

Example sentences

  • deprivation Sleep deprivation increases risk of heart attacks.
  • destitution We fight to pull ourselves out of destitution.
  • penury Can Tebboune lead Algeria from penury to prosperity?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
privationsteady
deprivationsteady
destitutionsteady
penurysteady
indigencesteady

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

By length

4 letters
want1, need1, loss1
6 letters
misery3, penury3
7 letters
poverty3, absence2, beggary
8 letters
distress2, hardship2
9 letters
necessity4, neediness, indigence, pauperism
11 letters
deprivation4, bereavement3, destitution4
13 letters
moneylessness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (misery3 = 3 syllables).