poor

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Adjective

1. With no or few [[possession]]s or [[money]], particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
2. Of [[low]] [[quality]].
3. {{lb|en|attributive|_|only}} Worthy of [[pity]].
4. [[deficient|Deficient]] in a specified way.
5. [[inadequate|Inadequate]], [[insufficient]].
6. Free from self-assertion; not [[proud]] or arrogant; [[meek]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|with the}} The [[poor#Adjective|poor]] [[people]] of a [[society]] or the [[world]] [[collectively]], the [[poor#Adjective|poor]] [[class]] of a [[society]].
2. {{rfv-sense|en}} {{lb|en|card games}} the second-to-last placer in [[Tycoon]]

Noun

1. {{senseid|en|poor person}} {{lb|en|countable|originally|_|chiefly|_|Scottish}} A [[poor#Adjective|poor]] [[person]].
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} {{syn of|en|poor cod}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|rare}} {{synonym of|en|impoverish}}, to [[make]] [[poor#Adjective|poor]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[become]] [[poor#Adjective|poor]].
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[call]] someone [[poor#Adjective|poor]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}

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