poor person

Noun

Meaning

a person with few or no possessions

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Lazarus beggar mendicant pauper supplicant cadger guttersnipe adnoun welsher almsman beggarman supplicator beggarwoman have-not

Antonyms

emperor princess magnifico shylock armiger manipulator
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Hypernyms

unfortunate unfortunate person

Hyponyms

vagabond vagrant floater pauper drifter clochard

Examples

Government spending is taxation. When you look at this, I've never heard of a poor person spending himself into prosperity; let alone I've never heard of a poor person taxing himself into prosperity. Arthur Laffer

No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth. Charles Spurgeon

"You can't buy love with money." Only a poor person says that. Gene Simmons

A poor person isn't he who has little, but he who needs a lot. German Proverb

A poor person is often worthy. Irish Proverb

A poor person has no struggles. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

poor part of a town poor people poor performance poor plant poor possibility poor power