needy (Meaning)
needy (n)
needy people collectively
needy (s)
poor enough to need help from others
demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
needy (superl.)
Distressed by want of the means of living; very por; indigent; necessitous.
Necessary; requiste.
Synonyms & Antonyms of needy
Synonyms:
- indigent
- underprivileged
- famished
- out of pocket
- out at elbows
- out at the elbows
- dirt-poor
- necessitous
- threadbare
- beggarly
- skint
- hard up
- penniless
- impecunious
- bankrupt
- depressed
- needful
- poverty-stricken
- pauperized
- destitute
- down-and-out
- penurious
- broke
- disadvantaged
- beggared
- deprived
- bankrupted
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- low
- insolvent
- hand-to-mouth
- possessionless
- straitened
- distressed
- bust
- ruined
- pinched
- down on one's luck
- reduced
- cash-strapped
- short
- poorish
- hardscrabble
- busted
- unaffluent
- dispossessed
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
needy Sentence Examples
- The impoverished family was in dire need of food and shelter.
- The needy children relied heavily on donations for their education.
- The local charity provided assistance to those in need within the community.
- The homeless woman sat on the streets, her needy eyes pleading for help.
- The starving refugees were in desperate need of sustenance.
- The needy animals at the shelter were grateful for any attention they received.
- The needy student struggled to make ends meet while attending college.
- The organization's mission was to address the needs of the needy and vulnerable.
- The elderly gentleman was in need of companionship and someone to check in on him.
- The needy child longed for a loving and supportive home environment.
FAQs About the word needy
needy people collectively, poor enough to need help from others, demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degreeDistressed by w
impoverished, poor, indigent, underprivileged, famished, out of pocket, out at elbows, out at the elbows, dirt-poor, necessitous
opulent, moneyed, rich, fat, opulent, monied, well-to-do, wealthy, well-to-do, monied
The impoverished family was in dire need of food and shelter.
The needy children relied heavily on donations for their education.
The local charity provided assistance to those in need within the community.
The homeless woman sat on the streets, her needy eyes pleading for help.
