poor person
One without means
A poor person is someone lacking money or material resources—the opposite of a wealthy person.
The term is neutral and descriptive: Programs exist to help poor persons access healthcare.
In legal and policy contexts, poor person often appears in formal designations: The court appointed counsel for the poor person.
Pauper and indigent are more formal alternatives.
- needyWanting in essentials
- destituteUtterly without means
- vagrantHomeless itinerant person
- beggarOne who asks for charity
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
on the streets · mendicant · down-and-out · have-not · low-income · living paycheck to paycheck · hand to mouth · hard times · waif · unfortunate · subsistence living · underprivileged · penniless · panhandler · cardboard sign · disadvantaged · threadbare · hungry
poor personmillionaire
Person possessing great wealth
billionaire · multimillionaire · rich man · plutocrat · tycoon
poor personaristocrat
Person of noble birth
elite · patrician · blue blood · noble · old money
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