needy

Noun · Adjective
US[nee-dee]/ˈnidi/2 syllables
Synonyms: destituteimpoverishedindigentnecessitouspoverty-stricken

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. needy people collectively“they try to help the needy”Type of poor people, poor

Adjective (2)needier, neediest

  1. poor enough to need help from othersSynonyms: destituteimpoverishedindigentnecessitouspoverty-strickenOpposite richSimilar poor
  2. demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degreeOpposite undemandingSimilar demanding

Related words want noun, need noun, neediness noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Need′y adjective [Compar. Needier; superlative Neediest.]

1. Distressed by want of the means of living; very poor; indigent; necessitous.

Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land.— Deut. xv. 11.
Spare the blushes of needy merit.— Timothy Dwight

2. Necessary; requisite. obsolete

Corn to make your needy bread.— William Shakespeare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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