Meanings
- not comparableCheaper than, simpler than, a low-quality version of, or inferior to.
Bowling is something everybody can do. It's a poor man's golf.
2013, Jude Morgan, National Past Time: Kingpin Alley, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 63 more examples
Saxon is author of the popular terrorist manual The Poor Man's James Bond, a handbook containing recipes for bombs, napalm and tear gas.
1996, False Patriots: The Threat of Antigovernment ExtremistsPeople do not want 'second best' self-help schemes, which are regarded as a poor man's version of the market.
1999, Charles Leadbeater, Ian Christie, To Our Mutual AdvantageMuch as the creators of Usenet called it “the poor man's ARPANET,” bulletin boards were a poor man's FTP.
2001, Graham Nelson, The Inform Designer's ManualSynonyms: BTEC, dollar-store, Poundland, pound-shop, Tesco Value, Wish.com, BTEC, cheapie
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCheaper than, simpler than, a low-quality version of, or inferior to.
Translations
Finnish köyhän miehen
- köyhän miehencheaper than or inferior to
French du pauvre, sous-
- du pauvrecheaper than or inferior to
- sous-cheaper than or inferior to
German Armeleute-
- Armeleute-cheaper than or inferior to
Polish podrobiony
- podrobionycheaper than or inferior to
Swedish fattigmans-
- fattigmans-cheaper than or inferior to
Cite this entry
poor man's. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poor%20man's
“poor man's.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poor%20man's. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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