Synonyms and antonyms of People who are poor in British 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

the dispossessed (adjective)

formal people who are dispossessed

basket case (noun)

informal a country or organization that has serious financial problems

white trash (noun)

mainly Americanoffensive white people who are poor and badly educated

trailer trash (noun)

mainly Americanoffensive an insulting word for poor people who live in trailer parks