poor

How many syllables in poor?

  1 syllable

Divide poor into syllables:   poor
Syllable stress:   poor
How to pronounce poor:   poor
How to say poor:

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Synonyms for poor


1 syllable
  • bad
  • broke
  • strapped
  • botched
  • mean
  • weak
2 syllables
  • awful
  • deprived
  • earthy
  • flimsy
  • lowly
  • modest
  • paltry
  • scanty
  • sorry
  • bungled
  • dingy
  • feeble
  • humble
  • meager
  • needy
  • reduced
  • shoddy
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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What rhymes with poor

1 syllable
  • boar
  • boor
  • bourg
  • chore
  • core
  • crore
  • door
  • four
  • gore
  • jure
  • lure
  • Moore
  • more
  • nor
  • or
  • pore
  • pure
  • Ruhr
  • shore
  • snore
  • sore
  • spoor
  • store
  • sure
  • Thor
  • tore
  • tour
  • Ur
  • whore
  • yore
  • you're
  • Boer
  • bore
  • buhr
  • cor
  • corps
  • cure
  • fore
  • frore
  • hoar
  • lore
  • moor
  • mor
  • Muir
  • o'er
  • ore
  • pour
  • roar
  • score
  • shure
  • soar
  • splore
  • spore
  • stour
  • swore
  • tor
  • torr
  • Tours
  • war
  • wore
  • you
2 syllables
  • allure
  • baldur
  • bonjour
  • brochure's
  • demure
  • drawer
  • ensure
  • impure
  • inure
  • mature
  • procure
  • unsure
  • assure
  • baldy
  • brochure
  • couture
  • detour
  • endure
  • gilmour
  • insure
  • manure
  • obscure
  • secure
3 syllables
4 syllables
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