Poor

/pʊɚ/

Synonyms for "poor" (490 found)

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Closest matches (98)

abject abominable abstemious against amateurish amiss arrant artless ascetic atrocious attenuated austere awful backward badbadly offbankruptbare handedbare-handed barren

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base beggared beggarlybelow parbeneath contemptbroke bum bumbling cadaverous cheap cheeseparing cheesy chinchy chintzychronic poorchronic poverty areacoarse common con contemptible corpselike crappy crude crumbling crummy debased decrepit defective deficient degraded depleted depraveddepressed classdepressed populationdeprived desolate despicable destitute destitution dirty disappointed disappointing disapprobatory disapproving discontented disenchanted disgruntled disgusting disillusioned disintegrating displeased dissatisfied dissenting distresseddown to bedrockdown-and-outdp dwarfed dwarfish emacerated emaciate emaciated embarrassedempty handedempty-handed execrable exhausted exiguous famished faulty feeblefeeling the pinch

Noun(4 words)

alas bura deficient destitute

Adjective(2 words)

bad examplecrappier

Strong matches (147)

flagrant flatflat brokeflawed flimsy fortuneless foulfourth classfourth-class frugal fruitless fulsome gaudy ghetto-dwellers gimcracky grave gross hack haggardhalf assed

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half-assed half-starved hapless hardhard upheel heinoushollow eyedhollow-eyed homely hopeless humble humble-looking humble-visaged humblest ignoble illill offill-equipped ill-fated ill-furnished ill-off ill-provided ill-starred impecunious impecuniousness impoverished impoverishmentin narrow circumstancesin needin queer streetin ragsin reduced circumstancesin straitened circumstancesin wantinadept inadequate inapt inattentive inconclusive inconsequential indifferent indigence indigent indignant inefficient inept inexpert inferior infertile infirm infrequent inglorious innocuous insignificant insolvent insubstantial insufficient irregular jejune lame land-poor lean least lenten limited little lousy lowlow classlow downlow gradelow testlow-class low-down low-grade low-quality low-test lowest lowliest lowly luckless lumpen mangy marantic marasmic meager meagre mean measly mediocre meretriciousmickey mousemiddling miserable miserly modest moneyless monstrous narrow necessitous neediness needy nefarious niggardly obnoxious

Noun(9 words)

garbage impoverished indigent inept inexperienced inferiormore dismalneedyneedy person

Adjective(12 words)

hapless inadequate jejune lousierlow incomelow yieldlower-classmeager crowdmediocre qualityminor justificationmiserable misfortunate

Related words (245)

odiouson short commonson the edgeopposed opposing orneryout of pocketoutcasts pale paltry parsimonious pathetic pauperism pauperized peaked peaky pedestrian penniless penurious penury

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petty piddling pinched pitiable pitiful plain poky poorishpoorly offpoornesspoverty subculturepoverty-stricken privation punk puny ragged rank rare reduced remote reptilian ropy rottenrotten atrubbishy rueful ruined sad scabby scant scanty scarce scattered scrawnyscrew upscrimp scrimping scrimpy scrubby scruffy scummy scurvy scuzzysecond bestsecond classsecond ratesecond-best second-class second-rate seedyseldom met withseldom seenshabby shoddy shortshort of cashshort of fundsshort of moneyshorthanded shriveled simple skeletalskill lessskill-less skimp skimping skimpy sleazy slender slight slim slipshod sloppy slum-dwellers small sordid sorry spare sparing sparse spartan spotty sprinkled squalid squeezed star-crossed starvation starved starveling starving sterile stingy stinted stone-broke stony straitened strapped stunted subsistence substandard tabetic tabid tacky tatty teachablethe disadvantagedthe dispossessedthe distressedthe down-and-outthe forgotten manthe have-notsthe needythe other americathe poorthe powerlessthe underprivilegedthe urban poorthinthird classthird ratethird-class third-rate thoughtless tight tinny trashy trifling trivial trumperyturned offturned-offtwo-for-a-centtwo-for-a-pennytwopenny twopenny-halfpenny unacceptable unappreciative unapproving unapt uncomplimentary undeftunder parunderdeveloped nationunderfed undermanned undernourished underprivileged undexterous undextrous undistinguished unfacile unfavorable unfed unfirm unfortunate unfruitful unhappy unimportant unintelligent unlucky unmentionable unmoneyed unnourishing unnutritious unpretentious unproductive unprofessional unproficient unprosperous unproved unprovided unreplenished unrigorous unsatisfactory unskillful unsolid unsound unstable unsturdy unsubstantial unsupplied unsustained upper valueless vicious vile want wasted watered watery weak weazenywelfare rollswiped outwithered wizened worthless wraithlike wretched wrong

Adjective(12 words)

pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful punkest shittiest shitty shortunfavorable conditionweak meeting leadershipwretched wretcheder

Noun(12 words)

pauper pitypoor peoplepoverty-stricken areasadness shoddy subpar sucking sympathythe impoverishedunskilled weak

Verb(1 words)

scuffed

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

8 entries

ability descriptoreconomic conditionexclamation interjection people personquality descriptorsocial group

More specific

15 entries

beggardefective productdestitutedestitute personfaulty equipmenthomeless personincomplete dataindigent inexperienced pennilesspoor animalpoor thingpoor youunskilled untalented

Collocations

15 entries

poor attendancepoor familypoor healthpoor judgmentpoor kidpoor little kittenpoor mepoor neighborhoodpoor nutritionpoor studentpoor thingpoor weatherpoor writingpoor youthe poor

Inflections

2 entries

poorer poorest

Derivations

5 entries

poorer poorest poorly poorness poverty

Antonyms

2 entries

rich

similar

27 entries

beggarly broke bust deficient destitutehard upimpecunious impoverishedin straitened circumstancesindigent insufficient mean moneyless necessitous needy penniless

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Translations

4 translations across 3 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

arme noun (Translations)

Bulgarian

2 entries

бедняк noun (Translations)
беднячка noun (Translations)

German

1 entries

Armer noun (Translations)

Sample sentences

44 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.

Source: tatoeba (1583)

Blindness is responsible for a staggering toll of poor health, suffering, and loss of dignity and diminution in the quality of lives of people worldwide.

Source: tatoeba (1904)

Your poor memory is due to poor listening habits.

Source: tatoeba (17274)

The rich have trouble as well as the poor.

Source: tatoeba (18511)

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