DICTOMETER

POOR

1. Synonyms:
   • Poor people
   • Poor
   Definitions:
   • people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
   Examples:
   • The urban poor need assistance
   Antonyms:
   rich people, rich
   
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Hapless
   • Miserable
   • Misfortunate
   • Pathetic
   • Piteous
   • Pitiable
   • Pitiful
   • Poor
   • Wretched
   Definitions:
   • deserving or inciting pity
   Examples:
   • 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:
   • Fortunate
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Poor
   Definitions:
   • having little money or few possessions
   Examples:
   • Deplored the gap between rich and poor countries
   • The proverbial poor artist living in a garret
   Antonyms:
   • RICH
   • affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy
   • comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Poor
   Definitions:
   • characterized by or indicating poverty
   Examples:
   • The country had a poor economy
   • They lived in the poor section of town
   Antonyms:
   • RICH
   • deluxe, gilded, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous
   • lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Poor
   Definitions:
   • lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances
   Examples:
   • A poor land
   • The area was poor in timber and coal
   • Food poor in nutritive value
   Antonyms:
   • RICH
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Inadequate
   • Poor
   • Short
   Definitions:
   • not sufficient to meet a need
   Examples:
   • An inadequate income
   • A poor salary
   • Money is short
   • On short rations
   • Food is in short supply
   • Short on experience
   Antonyms:
   • Sufficient
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Poor
   Definitions:
   • unsatisfactory
   Examples:
   • A poor light for reading
   • Poor morale
   • Expectations were poor
   Antonyms:
   • Good