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Synonyms for poor
pʊərpoor
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Wiktionary
pooradjective
With little or no possessions or money.
The poor are always with us.
Synonyms:
impoverished, wealthless, pitiable, armEtymology 2, inferiorAntonyms:
richpooradjective
Of low quality.
That was a poor performance.
Synonyms:
impoverished, wealthless, armEtymology 2, pitiable, inferiorAntonyms:
goodpooradjective
To be pitied.
Oh you poor little thing.
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inferior, armEtymology 2, pitiable, impoverished, wealthlesspooradjective
Deficient in a specified way.
Cow's milk is poor in iron.
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inferior, wealthless, pitiable, armEtymology 2, impoverishedAntonyms:
richpooradjective
inadequate, insufficient
I received a poor reward for all my hard work.
Synonyms:
wealthless, pitiable, inferior, impoverished, armEtymology 2Antonyms:
adequate
English Synonyms and Antonyms
poor
Synonyms:
disqualified, inadequate, incompetent, inferior, insufficient, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, useless, worthlessAntonyms:
able, adapted, adequate, capable, commensurate, competent, equal, fit, fitted, fitting, qualified, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
poor
Synonyms:
indigent, moneyless, impecunious, penniless, weak, meagre, insufficient, deficient, faulty, unsatisfactory, inconsiderable, thin, scanty, baldAntonyms:
rich, wealthy, copious, affluent, abundant, liberal, large, ample, moneyed, sufficient, satisfactory, considerable
Princeton's WordNet
poor people, pooradjective
people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
"the urban poor need assistance"
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poor peopleAntonyms:
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, fortunatehapless, 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"
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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, uglyAntonyms:
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-dopooradjective
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, haplessAntonyms:
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, opulentpooradjective
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, haplessAntonyms:
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, goodpooradjective
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, haplessAntonyms:
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, comfortableinadequate, 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, forgetfulAntonyms:
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, wealthypooradjective
unsatisfactory
"a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"
Synonyms:
short, misfortunate, pathetic, inadequate, pitiable, miserable, piteous, pitiful, wretched, haplessAntonyms:
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
Editors Contribution
low-income
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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 richpooradjective
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emaciated, lean, thin, meagre, lank, gaunt, skinny, shrunk, fallen awaypooradjective
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barren, sterile, unfruitful, unfertile, unproductive, fruitless, unprolificpooradjective
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trifling, trivial, slight, small, slender, flimsy, insufficient, inadequate, worthless, unimportant, of little use or worthpooradjective
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contemptible, despicable, paltry, mean, sorry, beggarly, pitiful, shabby, bad, lowpooradjective
Synonyms:
feeble, languid, weak, bald, tame, jejune, vapid, cold, frigid, dull, prosing, prosy, prosaic, spiritlesspooradjective
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miserable, wretched, unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated, ill-starred, unlucky, unhappypoornoun
Synonyms:
[With The prefixed.] paupers, indigent people
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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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How to use poor in a sentence?
No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
Given how prevalent maternal depression is, and that risky adolescent behaviors are associated with poor long-term outcomes in adulthood, we thought better evidence in this area could be really useful.
Bears are the gardeners of the Andes, in areas where bears have been exterminated, the quality of forest is extremely poor.
These allegations are an example of precisely what's wrong with Washington -- a junior-level disgruntled former detailee, with whom Ambassador O'Brien had almost no interaction, can launch baseless attacks for partisan purposes, yevgeny Vindman is no longer at National Security Council after Yevgeny Vindman detail was ended following poor performance, as revealed in the House Democrats' letter. Yevgeny Vindman now attempts to retaliate against Yevgeny Vindman former supervisors for providing an accurate assessment of Yevgeny Vindman performance.
White babies would not be treated the way these babies of color are being treated, Madam Secretary, this is about color. We've opened our doors, your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free. Except we now have our quota of people of color.
Translations for poor
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- فقير, مسكينArabic
- fağır, kasıb, yoxsulAzerbaijani
- бедныBelarusian
- лош, беденBulgarian
- paour, peorienBreton
- pobre, pobresCatalan, Valencian
- nebohý, chudý, nevalnýCzech
- truenusWelsh
- stakkels, fattigDanish
- arm, armselig, ArmenGerman
- φτωχόςGreek
- kompatinda, bedaŭrindaEsperanto
- pobreSpanish
- فقیرPersian
- rassu, raukka, rukka, kehno, köyhä, heikkolaatuinen, varaton, poloinen, köyhätFinnish
- pauvre, piètre, pitoyable, pauvresFrench
- earmWestern Frisian
- bochtIrish
- bochd, truaghScottish Gaelic
- pobreGalician
- דלת העם, מסכן, עניHebrew
- दीन, ग़रीब, गरीबHindi
- szegényes, szegény, szegényekHungarian
- աղքատ, ողորմելի, չքավոր, խեղճ, ստից, վատ, աղքատներըArmenian
- povreInterlingua
- malang, burukIndonesian
- povra, nebonaIdo
- misero, poveroItalian
- עניHebrew
- 貧乏, 粗末, 哀れ, かわいそう, 貧しい, 貧しいですJapanese
- საწყალი, ღარიბიGeorgian
- 가난한Korean
- ههژار, خهراپ, فهقیر, گوناح, دهست کورت, بێ قیمهتKurdish
- pauperLatin
- aarm, aarmséilegLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- nabagsLatvian
- сиромашен, лошMacedonian
- दीन, ग़रीबMarathi
- terukMalay
- beklagenswaardig, berooid, arm, armeDutch
- blakk, elendig, fattig, stakkars, dårlig, de fattigeNorwegian
- paureOccitan
- ubogi, biedny, nędzny, biedacy, nędznicyPolish
- pobre, necessitado, humilde, fraco, pobresPortuguese
- pauper, poverRomansh
- amărât, slab, biet, prost, săracRomanian
- бедный, плохой, слабый, жалкий, несчастный, убогий, нищийRussian
- दीनSanskrit
- pobaru, poberu, poaru, povruSardinian
- ubog, убог, bedan, бедан, биједан, siromašan, сиромашан, bijedanSerbo-Croatian
- biedny, chudobnýSlovak
- slàb, reven, ubogSlovene
- varfërAlbanian
- usel, stackars, undermålig, eländig, fattig, miserabel, dålig, de fattigaSwedish
- maskiniSwahili
- పేద, నాసి రకం, పాపం, నాసి, బీదTelugu
- น่าสงสารThai
- perişan, züğürt, kötü, yoksul, düşkün, zavallı, zayıf, fakirTurkish
- біднийUkrainian
- دین, غریبUrdu
- nghèoVietnamese
- 较差的Chinese
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