Synonyms and antonyms of People who are poor in American Thesaurus

the poor (adjective)

people who have little money and few possessions

beggar (noun)

someone who is very poor and lives by asking people for money or food

pauper (noun)

old-fashioned a very poor person

the needy (adjective)

poor people

the least/less privileged ()

people who are poor and have no social advantages

peasant (noun)

someone who works on another person’s farm or on their own small farm. This word is used mainly about people in poor countries or people in history

the have-nots (noun)

the people in a society who do not have much money or property

dirt farmer (noun)

American a very poor farmer who works alone because he does not have enough money to employ people to help him

the dispossessed (adjective)

formal people who are dispossessed

white trash (noun)

offensive white people who are poor and badly educated

basket case (noun)

informal a country or organization that has serious financial problems

cracker (noun)

American an insulting word for a poor white person who lives in the southeastern U.S.

trailer trash (noun)

offensive an insulting word for poor people who live in trailer parks