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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of needy

Troy Renck, columnist: Broncos 34, Panthers 14 For the past seven years, the Broncos have served as a get-right game for needy opponents. —Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2024

Both groups recoiled at the image of old people as frail or needy. —Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024

In The Social Network’s famous opening scene, Jesse Eisenberg’s Zuckerberg is dumped by a Boston University student, played by Rooney Mara, who can’t stand his needy obsession with Harvard’s final clubs. —Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024

That changed earlier this year, when USA TODAY began asking for records showing the department’s efforts to reach needy communities. —Austin Fast, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024