Synonyms & Antonyms : Want
Want
( Noun )
The plants died from want of water.
Synonyms:
Indigence
Penury
Poverty
Privation
Contextual Examples:
The magnitude of indigence is rising year by year in India despite so much economic development owing to inability of the administration to run the welfare activities efficiently.
Continuing penury circumstances of the common man in India make a mockery of the socio – economic system.
The government has yet to eradicate poverty in India though a number of programmes have been undertaken. People are still suffering from inadequacy of provisions of various types.
Antonyms:
Affluence
Plenty
Prosperity
Wealth
Contextual Examples:
Affluence of the elite is in sharp contrast with the poverty of the lower classes.
Despite a situation of plenty of foodstuffs in the country, the poor cannot enjoy two wholesome meals a day.
India can enjoy its prosperity only if a more equitable distribution of the country’s national wealth could be established.
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