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. Omar Khayyam:

   The value of three things is justly appreciated by all classes of men: youth, by the old; health, by the diseased; and wealth, by the needy.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Publilius Syrus:

   He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

5. Clifford Villalon:

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