Defenition of the word penury

• Defenition of the word penury

  • Lack of the means of subsistence.
  • a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
  • a state of extreme poverty or destitution

Synonyms for the word penury

• • destitution
  • indigence
  • need
  • neediness
  • pauperism
  • pennilessness
  • poverty

Similar words in the penury

• • penury
  • penury's

Hyponyms for the word penury

• • beggary
  • mendicancy
  • mendicity

Hypernyms for the word penury

• • impoverishment
  • poorness
  • poverty

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