Synonyms for poor
pʊərpoor

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1. pooradjective

   With little or no possessions or money.

   The poor are always with us.

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

   Antonyms:
   rich

2. pooradjective

   Of low quality.

   That was a poor performance.

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

   Antonyms:
   good

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.

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

   Antonyms:
   rich

5. pooradjective

   inadequate, insufficient

   I received a poor reward for all my hard work.

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

   Antonyms:
   adequate

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1. poor

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

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

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1. poor

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

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

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1. poor people, pooradjective

   people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

   "the urban poor need assistance"

   Synonyms:
   poor people

   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

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"

   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

   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

3. pooradjective

   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, hapless

   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

4. pooradjective

   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, hapless

   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

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"

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

   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

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"

   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

   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

7. pooradjective

   unsatisfactory

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

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

   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

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1. low-income

   Submitted by anonymous on September 24, 2020  

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1. 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 rich

2. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   emaciated, lean, thin, meagre, lank, gaunt, skinny, shrunk, fallen away

3. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   barren, sterile, unfruitful, unfertile, unproductive, fruitless, unprolific

4. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   trifling, trivial, slight, small, slender, flimsy, insufficient, inadequate, worthless, unimportant, of little use or worth

5. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   contemptible, despicable, paltry, mean, sorry, beggarly, pitiful, shabby, bad, low

6. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   feeble, languid, weak, bald, tame, jejune, vapid, cold, frigid, dull, prosing, prosy, prosaic, spiritless

7. pooradjective

   Synonyms:
   miserable, wretched, unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated, ill-starred, unlucky, unhappy

8. poornoun

   Synonyms:
   [With The prefixed.] paupers, indigent people

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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. 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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1. Songklod Wongchai:

   It's in line with global trends as major petrochemical producers shift from commodity-grade products to specialty grade, and that's why they need to spend more on research, but given the weak economic outlook and poor domestic consumption, I'm worried about demand because everyone needs to control costs. Prices of premium grade products are much higher than normal.

2. Joaquin Castro:

   I don't believe only in reproductive freedom, I believe in reproductive justice…And you know, what that means is that just because a woman or let's also not forget someone in the trans-community, a trans-female is poor. It doesn't mean they shouldn't have the right to exercise that right to choose.

3. Luis Aguilar:

   This is hardly an effective way to create a fair and efficient market and it's a poor way to instill trust in this market.

4. Donatien-Alphonse-Francois de Sade:

   A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking (meant) for others!

5. William Goodman:

   One thing that makes abusing street drugs so dangerous is that quality control is very poor, you may get a chunk of white stuff with a lot of fentanyl and it takes very little to kill you.