pauperise

Questions about pauperise

What does pauperise mean?

pauperise means "reduce to beggary".

How many syllables are in pauperise?

pauperise has 3 syllables: pau-pe-rise. The stress falls on "pau".

What is another word for pauperise?

Close synonyms include beggar, pauperize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pauperise a common word?

pauperise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.