Synonyms for needy
ˈni dineedy

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1. needyadjective

   Antonyms:
   confident

2. needyadjective

   Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.

   Antonyms:
   confident

3. needyadjective

   It's emotionally exhausting to be around her because she's so needy.

   Antonyms:
   confident

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1. needyadjective

   needy people collectively

   "they try to help the needy"

   Antonyms:
   rich, undemanding

2. destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-strickenadjective

   poor enough to need help from others

   Synonyms:
   innocent, indigent, barren, wiped out(p), devoid, necessitous, impoverished, broken, free, poverty-stricken, destitute

   Antonyms:
   rich, undemanding

3. needyadjective

   demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree

   Synonyms:
   impoverished, necessitous, poverty-stricken, indigent, destitute

   Antonyms:
   rich, undemanding

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1. needyadjective

   Synonyms:
   indigent, destitute, poor, NECESSITOUS

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1. needyadjective

   Synonyms:
   destitute, indigent, penniless, impecunious

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1. List of paraphrases for "needy":

   indigent, destitute, poor, disadvantaged

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1. Sir W Raleigh, to his Son:

   There is nothing more becoming a wise man than to make choice of friends, for by them thou shalt be judged what thou art. Let them therefore be wise and virtuous, and none of those that follow thee for gain; but make election rather of thy betters than thy inferiors; shunning always such as are poor and needy, for if thou givest twenty gifts and refuse to do the like but once, all that thou hast done will be lost, and such men will become thy mortal enemies.

2. Hubert Humphrey:

   It was once said that the moral test of Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

3. Josh Archambault:

   There is so much low-hanging fruit to catch in this country when it comes to welfare fraud, and sadly, every day that goes by without reform allows for abuse and steals resources from the truly needy.

4. Jules Feiffer:

   I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. They told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, I was deprived. Then they told me underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.

5. Steven Camarota:

   The fact is, there is not an unlimited pot of money to help needy students or high-achieving low-income students. And there is a certain one-for-one, a crowding-out effect.