Synonyms of needy

needy

adjective

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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