English word
Poor
Definitions
adjective
- lacking sufficient money or material possessions
- barren, unproductive
- indifferent, unfavorable
- lacking a normal or adequate supply of something specified
- of, relating to, or characterized by poverty
- less than adequate : meager
- small in worth
- exciting pity
- inferior in quality or value
- humble, unpretentious
- mean, petty
- lean, emaciated
Synonyms for poor
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- impoverished
- broke
- bankrupt
- down and out
- moneyless
- penniless
- necessitous
- insolvent
- impecunious
- needy
- needful
- skint
Synonyms by context
Having below average income or lacking money to sufficiently live comfortably
adjective
- beggarly
- penurious
- indigent
Characterized by low quality or standard
adjective
Marked by a low amount or deficiency
adjective
- meagre
- scanty
- scant
- paltry
- limited
- disappointing
- restricted
- reduced
- modest
- insufficient
People who are disadvantaged or underprivileged in life
noun
- have-nots
- underclass
- underprivileged
- deprived
- disadvantaged
- unfortunates
A class of people in society characterized by low income or low social status
noun
- lower class
- proletariat
- commoners
- scum
- unwashed
- masses
- trash
- commonalty
- plebeians
- rabble
A person without money or who is in financial difficulty
noun
- mendicant
- beggar
- pauper
- derro
- bagman
- dosser
Emphasizing insignificance
- little
- diminished
- hardly any
- minimal
- negligible
Antonyms for poor
- comfortable
- fortunate
- lucky
- prospering
- prosperous
- affluent
- loaded
- moneyed
- monied
- opulent
- propertied
- pecunious
- well-off
- deep-pocketed
- silk-stocking
- well-heeled
- well-to-do
- flush
Opposite of having below average income or lacking money to sufficiently live comfortably
- rich
- prospering
- prosperous
- wealthy
- affluent
- loaded
- moneyed
- monied
- opulent
- propertied
Opposite of characterized by low quality or standard
- excellent
- exceptional
- outstanding
- premium
- extraordinary
- superior
- fine
- elite
- flawless
- good
Phrases
- as poor as a church mouse
- badly off
- bad off
- behind eight ball
- boracic lint
- born with a silver spoon in your mouth
- cash rich
- cleaned out
- dead broke
- dirt poor
- discriminated against
- doing it easy
- down and out
- down at heel
- down on luck
- down to last cent
- down to last penny
- economically deprived
- economically disadvantaged
- extremely poor