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Synonyms of austerity in English:

austerity


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noun

1‘he was noted for his austerity and his authoritarianism’

SYNONYMS
sternness, austereness, severity, strictness, grimness, seriousness, sombreness, graveness, gravity, soberness, stiffness, dourness, flintiness, stoniness, steeliness
ANTONYMS

cheerfulness

2‘the austerity of the decor’

SYNONYMS
plainness, absence of adornment, lack of adornment, absence of decoration, lack of decoration, absence of ornament, absence of ornamentation, lack of ornament, lack of ornamentation, absence of embellishment, lack of embellishment, unpretentiousness
starkness, austereness, spareness, severity, unpretentiousness
classic lines, clean lines, absence of clutter, lack of clutter, restraint, purity
ANTONYMS

ornateness

3‘the country was subjected to acute economic austerity’

SYNONYMS
restraint, moderation, economy, severity, abstemiousness, frugality, rigour, continence
self-abnegation, self-denial, self-deprivation, self-restraint
caution, prudence, providence, canniness
hardship, privation, deprivation, penury
ANTONYMS

prosperity