1. (noun)indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization a state of extreme poverty or destitution Synonyms: motive, need, pauperism, demand, impoverishment, pauperization, indigence, motivation, pauperisation, want, penury
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'penury'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. penury Poverty denotes strictly lack of property or adequate means of support, but in common use is a relative term denoting any condition below that of easy, comfortable living; privation denotes a con Synonyms: poverty, beggary, distress, mendicancy, pauperism, privation, destitution, indigence, need, penury, want
Synonyms for penury 
