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Definitions for Poor

[1] having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
[2] Law . dependent upon charity or public support.
[3] (of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.
[4] characterized by or showing poverty.
[5] deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.
[6] faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.
[7] deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.
[8] excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.
[9] of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.
[10] lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.
[11] deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.
[12] scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.
[13] humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.
[14] unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.
[15] (used with a plural verb ) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the ): sympathy for the poor.
[16] poor as a church mouse , extremely poor.
[17] poor as Job's turkey , extremely poor; impoverished.
[18] lacking financial or other means of subsistence; needy (as collective noun; preceded by the ) the poor
[19] characterized by or indicating poverty the country had a poor economy
[20] deficient in amount; scanty or inadequate a poor salary
[21] (when postpositive, usually foll by in ) badly supplied (with resources, materials, etc) a region poor in wild flowers
[22] lacking in quality; inferior
[23] giving no pleasure; disappointing or disagreeable a poor play
[24] (prenominal) deserving of pity; unlucky poor John is ill again
[25] poor man's something a (cheaper) substitute for something

Words related to Poor

underprivileged, poverty-stricken, needy, meager, penniless, low, impoverished, destitute, indigent, unsatisfactory, shoddy, substandard, weak, feeble, modest, insufficient, miserable, mediocre, ordinary, inferior

Words nearby Poor

poop sheet, poop staff, pooped, pooper-scooper, poopó, poor, poor as a churchmouse, poor box, poor boy, poor boy sweater, poor farm

Origin of Poor

1150–1200; Middle English pov(e)re < Old French povre < Latin pauper. See pauper

Words that may be confused with Poor

paw, poor, pore

Other words from Poor

poor·ness , noun
non·poor , noun
qua·si-poor , adjective
qua·si-poor·ly , adverb

Word origin for Poor

C13: from Old French povre, from Latin pauper; see pauper , poverty

Synonyms for Poor

destitute, impoverished, indigent, low, meager, needy, penniless, poverty-stricken, underprivileged, bankrupt, down-and-out, flat, insolvent, scanty, suffering, bad off, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball, broke, dirt poor, empty-handed, flat broke, fortuneless, hard up, impecunious, in need, in want, moneyless, necessitous, pauperized, penurious, pinched, reduced, stone broke, strapped, truly needy, unprosperous