Definition:
- (superl.) Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
- (superl.) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
- (superl.) Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected
- (superl.) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.
- (superl.) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.
- (superl.) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.
- (superl.) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.
- (superl.) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
- (superl.) Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
- (superl.) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
- (superl.) Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt.
- (superl.) Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
- (n.) A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.
Compare poor with other words:
dependent vs. poor
poor vs. then
beggar vs. poor
ill vs. poor
poor vs. underdeveloped
poor vs. remedial
poor vs. poot
pooh vs. poor
poon vs. poor
pood vs. poor
poor vs. spoor
boor vs. poor
moor vs. poor
pool vs. poor
poo vs. poor
door vs. poor
poop vs. poor
best vs. poor
expensive vs. poor
penury vs. poor
paul vs. poor
fair vs. poor
deprive vs. poor
poor vs. poraille
poor vs. underproportioned
necessitous vs. poor
beggarlike vs. poor
poor vs. unmoneyed
poor vs. sickliness
entitled vs. poor
austere vs. poor
hapless vs. poor
penurious vs. poor
great vs. poor
phrase vs. poor
fijian vs. poor
poor vs. proletariat
judgment vs. poor
mediocre vs. poor
incorruptible vs. poor
meager vs. poor
bankrupt vs. poor
broke vs. poor
poor vs. poorly
poor vs. scarce
equal vs. poor
poor vs. seely
mean vs. poor
poor vs. sorrily
poor vs. poorness
injudicious vs. poor
poor vs. shan
poor vs. privation
poor vs. submerged
poor vs. shirtless
penniless vs. poor
insolvent vs. poor
impoverish vs. poor
poor vs. pure
poor vs. weak
deprived vs. poor
needy vs. poor
backwards vs. poor
buckra vs. poor
footy vs. poor
macerate vs. poor
charva vs. poor
poor vs. slipshod
poor vs. shoddy
crummy vs. poor
poor vs. unhealthy
poor vs. woeful
poor vs. workhouse
institution vs. poor
hovel vs. poor
alms vs. poor
poor vs. shabby
poor vs. poverty
foul vs. poor
indigent vs. poor
miserable vs. poor
impecunious vs. poor
poor vs. snob
poor vs. sad
content vs. poor
average vs. poor
fool vs. poor
pauper vs. poor
execrable vs. poor
poor vs. poorhouse
adequate vs. poor
pitiable vs. poor
poor vs. wealthless
inferior vs. poor
impoverished vs. poor
money vs. poor
insufficient vs. poor
poor vs. possession
beautiful vs. poor
cheap vs. poor
fire vs. poor
hungry vs. poor
bad vs. poor
poor vs. remote
good vs. poor
generous vs. poor
destitute vs. poor
poor vs. rich
connotation vs. poor
cad vs. poor
pattern vs. poor
molecule vs. poor
constrain vs. poor
poor vs. principal