Words for poor and destitute include impoverished, indigent, penniless, needy, poverty-stricken, penurious, impecunious, and down-and-out, all describing a severe lack of money or resources, with terms like destitute, destitution, indigence, and penury often implying extreme poverty and want.
destitute impoverished indigent low meager needy penniless poverty-stricken underprivileged.
synonyms: impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken. poor. having little money or few possessions. adjective. completely wanting or lacking.
Impoverished - meaning having little to no wealth or resources; 2. Needy - meaning having very little, usually referring to money; 3. Penurious - meaning having very little money; 4.
Synonyms of 'poor' in American English
So try using “people experiencing homelessness” or “people living in the streets” instead of “the homeless,” “a person living below the poverty line” instead of “the poor,” “people who use drugs” instead of “drug users.”
moneyless
Displaced native arm, wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”) (from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”) (from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)).
Non-inclusive phrases: poverty-stricken; welfare reliant; the poor. Inclusive phrases: people whose income is below the poverty threshold, people with low income, receiving welfare. When writing about income, only include what is necessary and relevant for your content and be as specific as possible.
impecunious. If you are hard up, broke, penniless, or strapped for cash, you could describe yourself as impecunious.
underprivileged. [uhn-der-priv-uh-lijd, -priv-lijd] / ˈʌn dərˈprɪv ə lɪdʒd, -ˈprɪv lɪdʒd / ADJECTIVE. poor. depressed deprived destitute disadvantaged impoverished indigent needy.
destitute • \DESS-tuh-toot\ • adjective. 1 : lacking something needed or desirable 2 : lacking possessions and resources; especially : suffering extreme poverty.
Synonyms of needy
broke (informal) destitute. down and out. down on one's luck (informal) hard up (informal)
baseborn blue-collar common people masses proletariat rabble riffraff.
Low-income is a polite way to describe people who are poor. Impoverished is used, especially in journalism, to talk about poor countries and the people who live there. To talk about poor areas in rich countries, use deprived. penniless (literary) having no money; very poor:He died penniless in Paris.
Try this: People with lower incomes. People/households with incomes below the federal poverty level. People with self-reported income in the lowest income bracket (if income brackets are defined) People experiencing poverty (do not use "underserved" when meaning low SES)
Impoverished - meaning having little to no wealth or resources; 2. Needy - meaning having very little, usually referring to money; 3. Penurious - meaning having very little money; 4.
Synonyms of lower-class
Poor, impecunious, impoverished, penniless refer to those lacking money.
Indigent and needy refer to one in need or want: indigent people living on the street; distributed food to needy families. Impecunious and penniless mean having little or no money: "Certainly an impecunious Subaltern was not a catch" (Rudyard Kipling). He made poor investments which left him penniless.
Scarce, scant and sparse (Ways of saying 'not enough')
Someone who's penniless is very poor — they barely have enough money to pay for basics like food and shelter. If you're penniless, it can be tempting to buy a lottery ticket — but your odds of winning are terrible.