Advanced Vocabulary - People Who Are Poor

People Who Are Poor

the poor adjective

people who have little money and few possessions.

beggar noun

someone who is very poor and lives by asking people for money or food.

pauper noun

old-fashioned a very poor person.

the needy adjective

poor people.

the least/​less privileged

people who are poor and have no social advantages.

peasant noun

someone who works on another person’s farm or on their own small farm. This word is used mainly about people in poor countries or people in history.

the have-nots noun

the people in a society who do not have much money or property.

the dispossessed adjective

formal people who are dispossessed.

basket case noun

informal a country or organization that has serious financial problems.

white trash noun

mainly American offensive white people who are poor and badly educated.

trailer trash noun

mainly American offensive an insulting word for poor people who live in trailer parks.

panhandler noun

total words = 12