Synonyms and antonyms of Poor in British Thesaurus

brassic (adjective)

Britishinformal someone who is brassic does not have any money

the poor (adjective)

having little money and few possessions

impoverished (adjective)

an impoverished person or place is very poor

penniless (adjective)

someone who is penniless has no money

deprived (adjective)

not having the things that are essential for a comfortable life

struggling (adjective)

experiencing difficulty, especially financial difficulty

the needy (adjective)

a needy person does not have enough money, food, clothing etc.

poverty-stricken (adjective)

extremely poor

destitute (adjective)

with no money or possessions

badly off (adjective)

someone who is badly off does not have much money

badly off (adjective)

without enough of something you need

badly paid ()

if someone is badly paid, they do not earn much money, or they earn less money than is fair for the work they do

cash-starved (adjective)

not provided with enough money to be able to do what is needed, usually because a government or organization has refused to give it

cash-strapped (adjective)

not having as much money as you need

dirt poor (adjective)

informal extremely poor

the dispossessed (adjective)

formal people who are dispossessed have had something valuable such as their land taken away from them

down-and-out (adjective)

very poor, with nowhere to live and no job

hand-to-mouth (adjective)

with just enough money or food to live on

hard-pressed (adjective)

a person or organization that is hard-pressed does not have enough money for the things that they need

hard up (adjective)

informal not having enough of something

hard up (adjective)

informal not having much money

impecunious (adjective)

very formal not having much money

indigent (adjective)

formal very poor

in need ()

not having enough food, money, clothing, or other things that are necessary for life

in queer street ()

someone who is in queer street does not have very much money or owes other people a lot of money

landless (adjective)

landless people are poor and do not own any land

mean (adjective)

mainly literary typical of the living conditions and environment of poor people

on the breadline ()

very poor

penurious (adjective)

formal extremely poor

skint (adjective)

Britishinformal someone who is skint does not have any money

someone isn’t made of money ()

used for saying that someone does not have large amounts of money

starving (adjective)

prevented from having enough of what you need

stony broke (adjective)

informal very poor, or without any money

strapped (adjective)

informal needing money

underfinanced (adjective)

without being given enough money to operate effectively

underpaid (adjective)

not earning enough money for work that you do

underprivileged (adjective)

not having as many advantages or opportunities as most other people

unsophisticated (adjective)

not owning fashionable and expensive things

worse off (adjective)

having less money than other people or than you had before