7 Letters
5 Consonants
2 Vowels
3 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use poverty as a noun in a sentence.
About Poverty
A 3 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters e, o, p, r, t, v, and y, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter e. Poverty starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, po, pov, pove, pover, and the ending characters are y, ty, rty, erty, verty, ..
Definition
The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Origin/Roots
Middle English
School Grade
Poverty is set as a grade six word that starts with p, ends with y, 3 syllables, 2 vowels and 7 letters.
Scrabble
Is poverty a scrabble word? A 15 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Poverty in Pig Latin is said as "overtypay or overtypway".
Unigram
p | o | v | e | r | t | y
Bigram
po | ov | ve | er | rt | ty
Trigram
pov | ove | ver | ert | rty
Quadrigram
pove | over | vert | erty
Word Gram

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Poverty"

There are 94 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to poverty.

SynonymDefinition
Apprehensionthe act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
"the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
Arrestthe act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
"the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
Asperityharshness of manner
Beggarya solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
Begginga solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
Catchthe act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
"the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
Collarthe act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
"the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
Curiosomething unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Curiositysomething unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Dearthan insufficient quantity or number

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Antonyms

There are 2 words that have the opposite meaning of poverty.

AntonymDefinition
Wealththe quality of profuse abundance
"she has a wealth of talent"
Wealthinessthe state of being rich and affluent
having a plentiful supply of material goods and money
"great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence"

Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from poverty.

Anagram Definition
Povertythe state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

View English words with the unique letters used in poverty. Words With The Letters Eoprtvy

Hypernyms

Poverty has 2 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Economic Condition
Financial Condition

Hyponyms

There are 12 hyponyms for poverty

Word Definition
Beggarya solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
Deprivationact of depriving someone of food or money or rights;
"nutritional privation";
"deprivation of civil rights"
Impecuniousnessa state of lacking money
Indigencea state of extreme poverty or destitution;
"their indigence appalled him";
"a general state of need exists among the homeless"
Needthe psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal;
the reason for the action;
that which gives purpose and direction to behavior;
"we did not understand his motivation";
"he acted with the best of motives"
Pauperisma state of extreme poverty or destitution;
"their indigence appalled him";
"a general state of need exists among the homeless"
Pauperizationthe act of making someone poor
Pennilessnessa state of lacking money
Penuriousnessa disposition to be niggardly with money
Penurya state of extreme poverty or destitution;
"their indigence appalled him";
"a general state of need exists among the homeless"

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The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word poverty.

Is poverty a scrabble word or can you use poverty in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 578977 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 607925 games. This 7 letter 15 point scrabble word can be rearranged 5,040 ways. What other words can be made with the letters e, o, p, r, t, v, and y? There's 2 with 9 letters or less with the letters e, o, p, r, t, v, and y. Here is a list of 2 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Poverty (7 letters) 15 16 poverty
Very Top (8 letters)





     

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