POOR PEOPLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

Example:

the urban poor need assistance

Synonyms:

poor; poor people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("poor people" is a kind of...):

people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poor people"):

homeless (poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in)

needy (needy people collectively)

Antonym:

rich people (people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group))