Synonyms of needy

needy

adjective

ˈnē-dē 

as in impoverished

lacking money or material possessions

those generous souls who regularly give money and donate clothes to help the needy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impoverished
• poor
• broke
• indigent
• destitute
• needful
• deprived
• impecunious
• beggared
• bankrupt
• necessitous
• famished
• penniless
• down-and-out
• penurious
• poverty-stricken
• depressed
• dirt-poor
• pauperized
• beggarly
• disadvantaged
• hard up
• underprivileged
• bankrupted
• out of pocket
• threadbare
• out at elbows
• out at the elbows
• skint
• distressed
• dispossessed
• down on one's luck
• ruined
• unaffluent
• insolvent
• busted
• bust
• pinched
• reduced
• cash-strapped
• short
• straitened
• poorish
• possessionless
• hardscrabble
• hand-to-mouth
• low
• tapped out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• well-to-do
• moneyed
• fat
• monied
• opulent
• flush
• well-off
• comfortable
• prosperous
• well-heeled
• fat-cat
• deep-pocketed
• silk-stocking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of needy

And knowing the struggles of needy dogs, owners flooded the comments with their own experiences. —Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025

Custom winemaking facilities like Healdsburg’s Rack and Riddle were able to help meet that demand with a number of sparkling wine options for needy brands. —Patrick Comiskey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024

Looking like the cross between a spermatozoon and a tadpole, this needy, frail little infant is wrapped tightly in swaddling clothes, resting on the dresser and then the drawer of poor Jack Nance’s apartment in an industrial hellscape. —Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025

There’s William Shawn, who was a mentor to Michaels and who ran this magazine for thirty-five years, corralling a gang of talented, needy egos in order to produce a weekly publication. —Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025