Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poor man's

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables: poor -man's
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Cheaper than, simpler than, a low-quality version of, or inferior to.

Example Sentences

"Saxon is author of the popular terrorist manual The Poor Man's James Bond, a handbook containing recipes for bombs, napalm and tear gas."
"People do not want 'second best' self-help schemes, which are regarded as a poor man's version of the market."
"Much as the creators of Usenet called it “the poor man's ARPANET,” bulletin boards were a poor man's FTP."
"Bowling is something everybody can do. It's a poor man's golf."

Phrases

poor man's asparagus Poor Man's Bible poor man's black velvet poor man's butter poor man's cabbage poor man's cake poor man's caviar poor man's cocaine

Synonyms

BTEC dollar-store Poundland pound-shop Tesco Value Wish.com cheapie cullionly daddocky inferior less than nonsuperior

Questions

What does poor man's mean?: Cheaper than, simpler than, a low-quality version of, or inferior to.

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