Hand-to-mouth
Hand-to-mouth adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.
Usage example: survived on a hand-to-mouth income that came from any odd job that he could find
Poor and hand-to-mouth are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poor" instead an adjective phrase "Hand-to-mouth".
Poor
Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: every year, we make up a basket of food at Thanksgiving for a poor family in the neighborhood
Hand-to-mouth and poor are semantically related. You can use "Hand-to-mouth" instead an adjective "Poor".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- inadequate and hand-to-mouth
- inadequate and poor
- miserable and hand-to-mouth
- miserable and poor
- spare and hand-to-mouth
- spare and poor
- penurious and hand-to-mouth
- penurious and poor
- indigent and hand-to-mouth
- indigent and poor
- scanty and hand-to-mouth
- scanty and poor
- insufficient and hand-to-mouth
- insufficient and poor
Both words in one sentence
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The Big Rotten Apple: "New York, New York" directly talks about the dog-eat-dog, hand-to-mouth world of the poor districts of New York.
Cite this Source
Poor and Hand-to-mouth. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand-to-mouth/poor
Hand-to-mouth & Poor. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand-to-mouth/poor>.
Poor or Hand-to-mouth. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand-to-mouth/poor.
