Synonyms for poor
pʊərpoor

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1. pooradjective

   With little or no possessions or money.

   The poor are always with us.

   Synonyms:
   impoverished, wealthless, pitiable, armEtymology 2, inferior

   Antonyms:
   rich

2. pooradjective

   Of low quality.

   That was a poor performance.

   Synonyms:
   impoverished, wealthless, armEtymology 2, pitiable, inferior

   Antonyms:
   good

3. pooradjective

   To be pitied.

   Oh you poor little thing.

   Synonyms:
   inferior, armEtymology 2, pitiable, impoverished, wealthless

4. pooradjective

   Deficient in a specified way.

   Cow's milk is poor in iron.

   Synonyms:
   inferior, wealthless, pitiable, armEtymology 2, impoverished

   Antonyms:
   rich

5. pooradjective

   inadequate, insufficient

   I received a poor reward for all my hard work.

   Synonyms:
   wealthless, pitiable, inferior, impoverished, armEtymology 2

   Antonyms:
   adequate

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1. poor

   Synonyms:
   disqualified, inadequate, incompetent, inferior, insufficient, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, useless, worthless

   Antonyms:
   able, adapted, adequate, capable, commensurate, competent, equal, fit, fitted, fitting, qualified, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable

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1. poor

   Synonyms:
   indigent, moneyless, impecunious, penniless, weak, meagre, insufficient, deficient, faulty, unsatisfactory, inconsiderable, thin, scanty, bald

   Antonyms:
   rich, wealthy, copious, affluent, abundant, liberal, large, ample, moneyed, sufficient, satisfactory, considerable

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1. poor people, pooradjective

   people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

   "the urban poor need assistance"

   Synonyms:
   poor people

   Antonyms:
   rich people, rich, gilded, sufficient, prosperous, sumptuous, princely, well-off, opulent, grand, plush, deluxe, lavish, lush, easy, flush, good, plushy, moneyed, loaded, luxurious, wealthy, comfortable, well-fixed, well-situated, well-heeled, affluent, lucullan, well-to-do, fortunate

2. hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretchedadjective

   deserving or inciting pity

   "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

   Synonyms:
   ridiculous, paltry, deplorable, scummy, woeful, slimy, execrable, suffering, scurvy, vile, low-down, despicable, inadequate, low, miserable, worthless, sad, piteous, hapless, lamentable, misfortunate, pitiable, distressing, measly, pathetic, short, wretched, silly, sorry, pitiful, abject, unworthy, ugly

   Antonyms:
   rich people, rich, well-off, opulent, well-situated, affluent, princely, moneyed, grand, easy, gilded, deluxe, lush, lucullan, sufficient, sumptuous, loaded, plushy, fortunate, good, prosperous, comfortable, plush, well-heeled, lavish, well-fixed, wealthy, flush, luxurious, well-to-do

3. pooradjective

   having little money or few possessions

   "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"

   Synonyms:
   short, misfortunate, pathetic, inadequate, pitiable, miserable, piteous, pitiful, wretched, hapless

   Antonyms:
   rich, rich people, easy, lush, well-heeled, well-situated, sumptuous, loaded, princely, grand, sufficient, deluxe, lavish, wealthy, moneyed, flush, plushy, luxurious, affluent, fortunate, well-off, plush, lucullan, well-to-do, gilded, well-fixed, good, prosperous, comfortable, opulent

4. pooradjective

   characterized by or indicating poverty

   "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"

   Synonyms:
   short, misfortunate, pathetic, inadequate, pitiable, miserable, piteous, pitiful, wretched, hapless

   Antonyms:
   rich people, rich, flush, well-situated, easy, princely, plush, luxurious, well-fixed, well-off, fortunate, loaded, well-heeled, sumptuous, wealthy, moneyed, lucullan, grand, well-to-do, affluent, gilded, plushy, lavish, sufficient, deluxe, comfortable, lush, prosperous, opulent, good

5. pooradjective

   lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances

   "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"

   Synonyms:
   short, misfortunate, pathetic, inadequate, pitiable, miserable, piteous, pitiful, wretched, hapless

   Antonyms:
   rich people, rich, grand, moneyed, sufficient, plushy, plush, flush, loaded, good, lavish, easy, well-fixed, princely, well-heeled, opulent, deluxe, gilded, well-off, fortunate, sumptuous, affluent, luxurious, well-situated, lucullan, well-to-do, lush, prosperous, wealthy, comfortable

6. inadequate, poor, shortadjective

   not sufficient to meet a need

   "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"

   Synonyms:
   pitiable, pathetic, brusque, brusk, misfortunate, pitiful, hapless, short(p), miserable, curt, light, unequal, unretentive, wretched, myopic, short, scant(p), inadequate, piteous, unforesightful, little, shortsighted, forgetful

   Antonyms:
   rich people, rich, lavish, grand, luxurious, loaded, sumptuous, fortunate, well-fixed, well-off, well-heeled, plush, opulent, flush, deluxe, plushy, sufficient, good, comfortable, lush, prosperous, lucullan, moneyed, well-situated, gilded, well-to-do, affluent, princely, easy, wealthy

7. pooradjective

   unsatisfactory

   "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"

   Synonyms:
   short, misfortunate, pathetic, inadequate, pitiable, miserable, piteous, pitiful, wretched, hapless

   Antonyms:
   rich, rich people, well-situated, fortunate, prosperous, affluent, princely, lush, opulent, lavish, well-fixed, wealthy, gilded, sumptuous, flush, sufficient, deluxe, loaded, well-heeled, good, plushy, plush, grand, well-to-do, luxurious, easy, well-off, moneyed, comfortable, lucullan

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1. low-income

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1. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   indigent, needy, destitute, necessitous, pinched, distressed, penniless, moneyless, IMPECUNIOUS, seedy, reduced, short of money, out of money, without a penny, out of pocket, out of cash, out at the elbows, out at the heels, in need, in want, hard up, in distress, living from hand to mouth, not worth a farthing, not worth a sou, not rich

2. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   emaciated, lean, thin, meagre, lank, gaunt, skinny, shrunk, fallen away

3. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   barren, sterile, unfruitful, unfertile, unproductive, fruitless, unprolific

4. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   trifling, trivial, slight, small, slender, flimsy, insufficient, inadequate, worthless, unimportant, of little use or worth

5. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   contemptible, despicable, paltry, mean, sorry, beggarly, pitiful, shabby, bad, low

6. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   feeble, languid, weak, bald, tame, jejune, vapid, cold, frigid, dull, prosing, prosy, prosaic, spiritless

7. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   miserable, wretched, unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated, ill-starred, unlucky, unhappy

8. poornoun

   Synonyms:
   [With The prefixed.] paupers, indigent people

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1. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   indigent, impecunious, needy, poverty -stricken, straitened, necessitous, penniless, eleemosynary, emaciated, skinny, lean, spare, meager, bony, gaunt, thin, haggard, scrawny, angular, peaked, rawboned, pinched, inferior, mean, shabby, seedy, tacky, worthless, barren, sterile, effete infecund, inarable, exhausted, infertile, miserable, wretched, faulty, defective, despicable, contemptible, abject, sordid, sorry, unfavorable, inauspicious, unpropitious

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1. List of paraphrases for "poor":

   bad, impoverished, armen, weak, poverty, faulty, low, pauvres, mediocre, poorer, gun, weapon, deficient, wrong, poverty-stricken, defective, mra, inadequate, have-nots, arm, mala, disadvantaged, poorest, destitute, needy, indigent, precarious, insufficient, unsatisfactory, ill, inclement, meagre, pauper, resource-poor, mras, -poor, pro-poor, improper, flawed, little

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1. Prabhat Jha:

   These barriers typically affect the rural poor the most.

2. Fatmata Sorie:

   We still need to think about how services for survivors are not accessible, especially for the poor, we've made a big step today, but this is a very complex issue that will require complex and continuing solutions.

3. Lorien Carter:

   A lot of his identity was formed because of his racial ambiguity. ... Terrell felt (like) a misfit most of his life, terrell just wanted to be loved, honestly ... and as a result, made some poor decisions, and I think that's something we can all relate to.

4. Jennifer Aniston:

   It's literally like riding a bike. It's like riding a bike – it kind of just comes back because it is a very specific dialogue we have, and a sort of sense of humor that we have together sometimes inside, sometimes very outside. And it's always good when it falls inside, full attack. Full attack, we go on sometimes. She comes after the poor Sandman.

5. R. A. Salvatore, The Crystal Shard:

   The meekest of animals will fight bravely when it is backed against a wall, for it has nothing left to lose. A poor man is more deadly than a rich man because he puts less value on his own life.