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. Rosalynn Carter:

   I just advise them all, you're not only the president of Democrats, but you're president of Democrats and Republicans, you're the president of poor people and wealthy people. You're the president of law abiding citizens and those who happen to be in prison, and so you can't play favorites.

2. Rita Fernandez:

   He rides on a bus. He flew to Tacloban to visit the typhoon survivors despite the storm and he stops to talk to the poor. He's a living saint.

3. Horace:

   Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings.

4. Bill Clinton:

   I don't think there's anything sinister in trying to get wealthy people in countries that are seriously involved in development to spend their money wisely in a way that helps poor people and lifts them up.

5. Juvenal:

   Be rich to yourself and poor to your friends.

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