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Meaning
Adj
●
With no or few
possessions
or money,
particularly
in relation to
contemporaries
who do have them.
●
Of low quality.
●
Used to
express
pity.
●
Deficient in a
specified
way.
●
Inadequate, insufficient.
●
Free from
self-assertion
; not
proud
or
arrogant
; meek.
Noun
●
The
poor
people of a
society
or the world
collectively
, the
poor
class
of a
society
.
●
In Scottish English:
A
poor
person.
●
Synonym of
poor
cod.
Verb
●
Synonym of
impoverish
, to make poor.
●
To become poor.
●
To
call
poor.
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Origin
poor
English
povre
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Impoverished
Pitiable
Arm
Impoverish
Bad
Poor Cod
Bad Off
Badly Off
Antonyms
Rich
Wealthy
Good
Adequate
Related
Destitute
Disadvantaged
Homeless
Downtrodden
Underprivileged
Weak
Needy
Unemployed
Lazy
Uneducated
Rich
Poverty
Elderly
Young
Low
Inadequate
Sick
Peasants
Privileged
Marginalized
Vulnerable
Terrible
People
Deficient
Landless
Oppressed
Citizens
Youth
Affluent
High
Farmers
Miserable
Desperate
Individuals
Families
Underdeveloped
Insufficient
Ineffective
Women
Illiterate
Children
Small
Inferior
Inefficient
Proletariat
Disenfranchised
Undereducated
Hungry
Substandard
Starving
Minorities
Indigent
Middle Class
Lower Class
Working Class
Developing Countries
Lower Classes
More
Rhymes
Ore
Oar
Cor
For
War
Soar
Core
Roar
Four
Fure
Dore
Bore
Gore
Pure
Dour
Tour
Moor
Tore
Fore
Boar
Hoar
Lore
Thor
Muir
Your
More
Rore
Wore
Door
Cure
Boor
Yore
Poor
Pore
Pour
Sore
O'Er
Shore
Chore
Aroar
Abore
Fore-
Afore
Ybore
Floor
Whore
Corps
Snore
Adore
Score
Funny
Decor
Spore
Store
Crore
Swore
S'More
Insure
Bewore
Abjure
Before
Assure
Allure
Galore
Mature
Adjure
Ignore
Ashore
Demure
Secure
Manure
Ensure
Recure
Obscure
Tandoor
Bonjour
Procure
Deplore
Restore
Anymore
Implore
Explore
Elsinore
Insecure
Brochure
Metaphor
Immature
Messidor
Fervidor
Hardcore
Albacore
Fructidor
Thermidor
Multicore
Man-Of-War
Connoisseur
Kwashiorkor
Xenophyophore
Du Jour
De Jour
Any More
Louis D'Or
Bonheur Du Jour
More
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