poor
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Related to poor: House poor, Poor in spirit
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Synonyms for poor
impoverished
Synonyms
- impoverished
- broke
- badly off
- hard up
- short
- in need
- needy
- on the rocks
- penniless
- destitute
- poverty-stricken
- down and out
- skint
- in want
- indigent
- down at heel
- impecunious
- dirt-poor
- on the breadline
- flat broke
- penurious
- on your uppers
- stony-broke
- necessitous
- in queer street
- without two pennies to rub together
- on your beam-ends
unfortunate
inferior
meagre
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Synonyms for poor
having little or no money or wealth
below a standard of quality
Synonyms
of decidedly inferior quality
conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent
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Synonyms for poor
people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
deserving or inciting pity
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having little money or few possessions
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Antonyms
characterized by or indicating poverty
Antonyms
lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances
Antonyms
not sufficient to meet a need
Synonyms
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unsatisfactory
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