Definition of poor

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• poor is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• poor is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• poor is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of poor

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a poor salary
  2. the jejune diets of the very poor

  Synonyms

  1. inadequate
  2. jejune
  3. short
• people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) (noun)

  Examples

  1. the urban poor need assistance

  Synonyms

  1. poor people
• deserving or inciting pity (adjective)

  Examples

  1. Oh, you poor thing
  2. his poor distorted limbs

  Synonyms

  1. hapless
  2. miserable
  3. misfortunate
  4. pathetic
  5. piteous
  6. pitiable
  7. pitiful
  8. wretched
• characterized by or indicating poverty (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the country had a poor economy
  2. they lived in the poor section of town
• having little money or few possessions (adjective)

  Examples

  1. deplored the gap between rich and poor countries
  2. the proverbial poor artist living in a garret
• lacking in quality or substances (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a poor land
  2. the area was poor in timber and coal
  3. food poor in nutritive value
  4. the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality

See definition of poor in Merriam Webster