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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How to use needy in a sentence?

1. Ganga Sagar Pant:

   I do not see what is important for me, rather, I see whom I am important. That is why I am working for the needy people in Nepal.

2. 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.

3. Clifford Villalon:

   Give alms to the needy because you want to do it, not because of pity.

4. Publilius Syrus:

   A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

5. 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.