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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
| Synonyms: | badly off, depressed, deprived, destitute, disadvantaged, down and out, handicapped, hapless, hard up, have-not, ill-fated, ill-starred, impoverished, in dire straits, in need, in want, indigent, needy, unfortunate, unlucky |
| Antonyms: | privileged, rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disadvantaged |
| Synonyms: | cheapened, depreciated, deprived, destitute, devalued, distressed, ghetto, ghost, impaired, needy, poor, poverty-stricken, run-down, shanty, skid row, underprivileged, weakened |
| Antonyms: | blessed, flourishing, prosperous, rich |
| Main Entry: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, inferior |
| Synonyms: | base, beggarly, common, commonplace, contemptible, humdrum, ignoble, inglorious, insignificant, little, low, low-born, low-ranking, lowly, meager, mean, measly, menial, miserable, modest, obscure, ordinary, paltry, petty, pitiful, plebeian, proletarian, puny, rough, scrubby, seemly, servile, severe, shabby, simple, small, sordid, trivial, unassuming, uncouth, underprivileged, undistinguished, unfit, unimportant, unpretentious, unrefined, vulgar, wretched |
| Antonyms: | luxurious, rich, superior |
| Main Entry: | loser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, thing that fails |
| Synonyms: | also-ran, deadbeat, defeated, disadvantaged, down-and-outer, dud, failure, flop, flunkee, has-been, underdog, underprivileged |
| Antonyms: | achiever, success, winner |
| Main Entry: | needy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deprived, impoverished |
| Synonyms: | beggared, dead broke, destitute, dirt poor, disadvantaged, down at heel, down to last cent, down-and-out, flat*, impecunious, indigent, necessitous, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, underprivileged, unprosperous |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking sufficient money |
| Synonyms: | bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball, broke*, destitute, dirt poor, down-and-out, empty-handed, flat broke, flat*, fortuneless, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in need, in want, indigent, insolvent, low, meager, moneyless, necessitous, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched, poverty-stricken, reduced, scanty*, stone broke, strapped, suffering, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deprived |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impoverished |
| Synonyms: | broke, destitute, disadvantaged, dispossessed, in need, needy, poor, underprivileged, wanting |
| Main Entry: | lagging |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | backward |
| Synonyms: | arrested, behind, checked, delayed, dense, dull, feeble-minded, imbecile, late, moronic, stupid*, subnormal, underdeveloped, underprivileged, undeveloped |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | necessitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
| Synonyms: | bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball, broke*, destitute, dirt poor, down-and-out, empty-handed, flat broke, flat*, fortuneless, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in need, in want, indigent, insolvent, low, meager, moneyless, needy, on one's uppers, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched, poverty-stricken, reduced*, scanty*, stone broke, strapped, suffering, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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