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poor
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- pronunciation:
- por
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
poorer, poorest |
| definition 1: |
When someone is poor, they have very little money.
Many poor people in the world don't have enough food to eat.- synonyms:
- broke
- antonyms:
- rich, wealthy
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| definition 2: |
If a region is poor in doctors, it means that the region has very few or not enough doctors. If a country is poor in natural resources, it means that it doesn't have many natural materials to make things from or to use for fuel.
The soil here is so poor in nutrients that nothing can grow in it.- antonyms:
- good, rich
- similar words:
- inferior
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| definition 3: |
When something is poor, it is not good at all or not as good as it should be.
Randy got a poor grade on his test, so he hopes he can do better on the next one.Mr. Harris liked the inside of the restaurant but he thought the food was very poor.Molly did a poor job making her bed and her mom made her do it again.- antonyms:
- excellent, fine, good, grand, great, mean, superior
- similar words:
- awful, inferior, weak, wretched
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| definition 4: |
Sometimes we call a person or animal "poor" when something bad happens to them and we feel sad for them.
Poor Jordan! He got sick on his birthday and couldn't get out of bed.When our cat got out of the house in the middle of the night, we couldn't find her all morning. Later on, we found our poor cat hiding under the porch steps looking very cold and scared.- synonyms:
- miserable, unfortunate, unlucky, wretched
- antonyms:
- fortunate, lucky
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| related words: |
bad, cheap |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
When someone talks about "the poor," they mean poor people in general.
The town tries to help the poor get the food and supplies that they need.- synonyms:
- homeless
- antonyms:
- rich
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The words poor, pore, and pour sound alike but have different meanings.
Word Builder: poor +
- poorly:
in a poor way; not well.
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