" poorish "

1: as in hardscrabble, hand-to-mouth;

•  Synonyms : 

•  depressed,

•  distressed,

•  hand-to-mouth,

•  hardscrabble,

•  pinched,

•  reduced,

•  straitened,

•  possessionless,

•  ruined,

•  cash-strapped,

•  low,

•  short,

•  tapped out,

•  bankrupt,

•  bankrupted,

•  bust,

•  insolvent,

•  deprived,

•  disadvantaged,

•  dispossessed,

•  unaffluent,

•  underprivileged,

•  beggared,

•  beggarly,

•  broke,

•  destitute,

•  dirt-poor,

•  down-and-out,

•  famished,

•  hard up,

•  impecunious,

•  impoverished,

•  indigent,

•  necessitous,

•  needful,

•  needy,

•  pauperized,

•  penniless,

•  penurious,

•  poor,

•  poverty-stricken,

•  skint,

•  threadbare

•  Antonyms : 

•  affluent,

•  deep-pocketed,

•  fat,

•  fat-cat,

•  flush,

•  moneyed,

•  opulent,

•  rich,

•  silk-stocking,

•  wealthy,

•  well-heeled,

•  well-off,

•  well-to-do,

•  comfortable,

•  prosperous

1: lacking money or material possessions;

  * e.g., " ... every year, we make up a basket of food at Thanksgiving for a poor family in the neighborhood "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beggared,

•  beggarly,

•  broke,

•  destitute,

•  dirt-poor,

•  down-and-out,

•  famished,

•  hard up,

•  impecunious,

•  impoverished,

•  indigent,

•  necessitous,

•  needful,

•  needy,

•  pauperized,

•  penniless,

•  penurious,

•  poverty-stricken,

•  skint,

•  threadbare

•  Antonyms : 

•  affluent,

•  deep-pocketed,

•  fat,

•  fat-cat,

•  flush,

•  moneyed,

•  opulent,

•  rich,

•  silk-stocking,

•  wealthy,

•  well-heeled,

•  well-off,

•  well-to-do

2: producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation;

  * e.g., " ... land that is too poor for farming "

•  Synonyms : 

•  barren,

•  bony,

•  dead,

•  desolate,

•  hardscrabble,

•  impoverished,

•  infertile,

•  stark,

•  unfertile,

•  unproductive,

•  waste

•  Antonyms : 

•  fertile,

•  fruitful,

•  lush,

•  luxuriant,

•  productive,

•  rich

3: less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable;

  * e.g., " ... a poor crop because of the drought this year "

•  Synonyms : 

•  exiguous,

•  hand-to-mouth,

•  light,

•  meager,

•  scant,

•  scanty,

•  scarce,

•  skimp,

•  skimpy,

•  slender,

•  slim,

•  spare,

•  sparing,

•  sparse,

•  stingy

•  Antonyms : 

•  abundant,

•  ample,

•  bountiful,

•  copious,

•  generous,

•  liberal,

•  plenteous,

•  plentiful