nnoun.grouppeople without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)Domain Usage:pluralplural form
Synset:poor people
Examples:- the urban poor need assistance
Antonyms:rich peoplerich
Hypernyms:people
Inherited Hypernyms:poor peoplepeoplegroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:homelessneedy
Full Hyponyms:homelessneedy
adj satadj.alldeserving or inciting pitySynset:hapless miserable misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful wretched
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
Derivationally Related Form:wretchednesspathosmiserablenesspity
Inherited Hypernyms:hapless
Similar to:unfortunate
adjadj.allhaving little money or few possessionsAttributes:financial condition
Examples:- deplored the gap between rich and poor countries
- the proverbial poor artist living in a garret
Antonyms:rich
Derivationally Related Form:poorness
Inherited Hypernyms:poor
Similar to:broke bust skint stone-broke stony-broke destitute impoverished indigent necessitous needy poverty-stricken hard up impecunious in straitened circumstances penniless penurious pinched moneyless unprovided for
See also:underprivileged
adjadj.allcharacterized by or indicating povertyExamples:- the country had a poor economy
- they lived in the poor section of town
Antonyms:rich
Derivationally Related Form:poorness
Inherited Hypernyms:poor
Similar to:beggarly mean slummy
adjadj.alllacking in quality or substancesExamples:- a poor land
- the area was poor in timber and coal
- food poor in nutritive value
- the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality
Antonyms:rich
Derivationally Related Form:poorness
Inherited Hypernyms:poor
Similar to:resourceless
adj satadj.allof insufficient quantity to meet a needSynset:inadequate jejune short
Examples:- an inadequate income
- a poor salary
- money is short
- on short rations
- food is in short supply
- short on experience
- the jejune diets of the very poor
Antonyms:sufficient
Derivationally Related Form:poornessshortnessjejunityjejunenessinadequateness
Inherited Hypernyms:inadequate
Similar to:deficient insufficient