poor - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

Synonyms

• poor
• poor people

More generic

• people

Opposite / Antonyms

• rich

More specific

• homeless
• needy

Adjective

deserving or inciting pity

Synonyms

• hapless
• miserable
• misfortunate
• pathetic
• piteous
• pitiable
• pitiful
• poor
• wretched

Related

• unfortunate

Adjective

having little money or few possessions

Synonyms

• poor

Related

• broke
• bust
• destitute
• hard up
• impecunious
• impoverished
• in straitened circumstances
• indigent
• moneyless
• necessitous
• needy
• penniless
• penurious
• pinched
• poverty-stricken
• skint
• stone-broke
• stony-broke
• unprovided for

Opposite / Antonyms

• rich

Also See

• underprivileged

Adjective

lacking in quality or substances

Synonyms

• poor

Related

• resourceless

Opposite / Antonyms

• rich

Adjective

characterized by or indicating poverty

Synonyms

• poor

Related

• beggarly
• mean
• slummy

Opposite / Antonyms

• rich

Adjective

of insufficient quantity to meet a need

Synonyms

• inadequate
• jejune
• poor
• short

Related

• deficient
• insufficient

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