Foundation level · Year 4 · free
poor
adjective · Say it: POR
What it means
Foundationhaving very little money or few things
Our school collected tins of food to help poor families at Christmas.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- hard-up
- needy
- penniless
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
- rich
- wealthy
More examples
- In the story, a poor farmer found a bag of gold coins in his field.
Where the word comes from
From the old French word 'povre', which came from Latin 'pauper'.
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