Synonyms of neediness

neediness

noun

as in poverty

the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions

a family's general level of neediness is the determining factor in the allocation of charitable donations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poverty
• misery
• necessity
• impoverishment
• indigence
• penury
• poorness
• destitution
• pauperism
• beggary
• need
• impecuniousness
• impecuniosity
• deprivation
• penuriousness
• wretchedness
• want
• destituteness
• exigency
• woe
• privation
• bankruptcy
• emergency
• gutter
• insolvency
• rainy day
• austerity
• pinching
• belt-tightening
• straitening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wealth
• affluence
• richness
• opulence
• prosperity
• wealthiness
• luxury

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of neediness

Kaitlin Olson made Dee’s own session a masterpiece of wide-eyed neediness, obsessively lying about her past and then demanding the shrink praise her for her acting prowess. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026

Langley’s closest sonic predecessor, Kacey Musgraves, has long searched for transcendence—though in more woo-woo terms than Langley does, and with (on Musgraves’s lusty new album) the sort of neediness that often gets written off as cringe. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Managers frequently mistake flexibility for a weak work ethic, mental health discussions for fragility, transparency for disrespect, and feedback requests for neediness. — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

To play Duncan Park, the head of a data-mining company who’s desperate to join the upper tier of the tech industry hierarchy in the AMC drama The Audacity, Billy Magnussen has to find a deep well of neediness and striving. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026

Is Suzanna’s gloomy neediness all that different from Becky’s gold-digging manipulations? — Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026

Fontana is wearing a little thin on me with the constant neediness for approval. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026

She was sandwiched between their needinesses. — Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026

On the second take, Russell’s bossy tone rubbed up nicely against the neediness of the moment. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025