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needy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of needy

lacking money or material possessions

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

Synonyms of needy

beggared, beggarly, broke, destitute, dirt-poor, down-and-out, famished, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needful, pauperized, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken

Words Related to needy

deprived, disadvantaged, dispossessed, underprivileged

bankrupt, bankrupted, bust (or busted), insolvent

possessionless, ruined

depressed, distressed, hand-to-mouth, hardscrabble, pinched, reduced, straitened

cash-strapped, low, short

Phrases Synonymous with needy

down on one's luck, out at elbows (or out at the elbows), out of pocket

Near Antonyms of needy

comfortable, prosperous

Antonyms of needy

affluent, deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, flush, moneyed (also monied), opulent, rich, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do

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