pauperize
The word “pauperize” has 3 syllables: pau-per-ize
It's pronounced as /ˈpɔpəˌraɪz/
What is synonym and antonym for pauperize?
In the thesaurus, “pauperize” has 9 synonyms and 2 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for pauperize along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for pauperize
- bankrupt
- beggar
- break
- bust
- impoverish
- reduce
- ruin
- straiten
- wipe out
Antonyms for pauperize
- enrich
- richen
Meanings of pauperize
- verb
- To make someone a pauper; to impoverish.
Example Sentences
- Harsh taxes threatened to pauperize small landowners.
- The war would eventually pauperize the entire population.
- Critics argued that the new policy would pauperize the working class.
- Mismanagement and corruption helped pauperize the once-wealthy nation.
- He feared that inflation could pauperize families living on fixed incomes.
On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to pauperize, such as: bankrupt, beggar, break, bust, enrich, impoverish, reduce.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
bankrupt
- absent
- almsman
- backslider
- bare
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- debauchee
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- deficient
- degenerate
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- devoid
- down-and-out
- down-and-outer
- drifter
- empty
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- failed
- fragmental
- fragmentary
- gamine
- have-not
- heel
- hobo
- impoverish
- impoverished
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- incomplete
- incorrigible
- indigent
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- insufficient
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- perv
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- profligate
- ragamuffin
- rake
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- rascal
- reduce
- reprobate
- rip
- roamer
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- ruin
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- satyr
- scoundrel
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- stark
- straiten
- tapped out
- tramp
- transient
- urchin
- vacant
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- villain
- void
- waif
- wanting
- wipe out