Antonyms for poor
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1. pooradjective

   With little or no possessions or money.

   The poor are always with us.

   Antonyms:
   rich

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

2. pooradjective

   Of low quality.

   That was a poor performance.

   Antonyms:
   good

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

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.

   Antonyms:
   rich

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

5. pooradjective

   inadequate, insufficient

   I received a poor reward for all my hard work.

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

   Antonyms:
   adequate

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. poor

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. poor

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. poor people, pooradjective

   people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

   "the urban poor need assistance"

   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

   Synonyms:
   poor people

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"

   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

   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

3. pooradjective

   having little money or few possessions

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

   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

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

4. pooradjective

   characterized by or indicating poverty

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

   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

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

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"

   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

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

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"

   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

   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

7. pooradjective

   unsatisfactory

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

   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

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

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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. plentiful

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How to use poor in a sentence?

1. Luis Hernandez Navarro:

   These schools are the gateway to move socially for the poor, rural students.

2. Porfirio Diaz, Biography of Porfirio Diaz:

   Poor Mexico - so far from God and so close to the United States.

3. Alfred Hitchcock:

   The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book -- it makes a very poor doorstop.

4. Donald Trump:

   Diplomatically, he does a poor job even when he's doing the right thing.

5. Pete Hegseth:

   While this shameful act may be an isolated incident, what’s not isolated are the almost daily reports that feed the perception that VA leadership are detached from the urgent challenges facing returning veterans, but it’s even more troubling that Ms. Paul’s shockingly poor judgment did not merit immediate firing. She should have been fired the minute such poor judgment was discovered and failing to do so only reinforces VA's track record of failing to hold its employees accountable.

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