POOR PEOPLE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does poor people mean? 

• POOR PEOPLE (noun)
  The noun POOR PEOPLE has 1 sense:

1. people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

  Familiarity information: POOR PEOPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POOR PEOPLE (noun)

Meaning:

People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

poor; poor people

Context example:

the urban poor need assistance

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 (people who are homeless)

needy (needy people collectively)

Antonym:

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