Need another word that means the same as “needy”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “needy” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Needy” are: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, poverty-stricken, poor, deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged, in want, needful, hard up, in reduced circumstances, in straitened circumstances, unable to make ends meet, unable to keep the wolf from the door, dirt poor, penurious, impecunious, penniless, moneyless, insolvent, ruined
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “needy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| deprived | Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences. The charity cares for destitute and deprived children. |
| destitute | Completely wanting or lacking. Towns destitute of commerce. |
| dirt poor | Not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel. |
| disadvantaged | Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences. We began to help the disadvantaged. |
| hard up | Being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content. |
| impecunious | Not having enough money to pay for necessities. A titled but impecunious family. |
| impoverished | Deprived of strength or vitality. An impoverished and debased language. |
| in reduced circumstances | Currently fashionable. |
| in straitened circumstances | Currently fashionable. |
| in want | Directed or bound inward. |
| indigent | Poor; needy. A charity for the relief of indigent artists. |
| insolvent | Unable to meet or discharge financial obligations. An insolvent person. |
| moneyless | Having no money. Virtually moneyless rural regions. |
| necessitous | Poor enough to need help from others. Dried milk was supplied to necessitous mothers. |
| needful | Necessary for relief or supply. Provided them with all things needful. |
| penniless | Not having enough money to pay for necessities. A penniless young student. |
| penurious | Excessively unwilling to spend. A penurious old tramp. |
| poor | Lacking in quality or substances. Her work was poor. |
| poverty-stricken | Poor enough to need help from others. |
| ruined | Destroyed physically or morally. The nation s ruined economy. |
| unable to keep the wolf from the door | Not having the necessary means or skill or know-how. |
| unable to make ends meet | Not having the necessary means or skill or know-how. |
| underprivileged | (of a person) not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of people in a society. Needy and underprivileged members of the community. |
| begging | A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person. |
| dearth | An acute insufficiency. There is a dearth of evidence. |
| deficit | (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing. They have serious linguistic deficits. |
| destitute | Not having. Young recruits destitute of experience. |
| disadvantaged | Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences. We began to help the disadvantaged. |
| drought | A shortage of rainfall. I asked for something to slake my drought. |
| famine | A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death. Drought resulted in famine throughout the region. |
| halve | Divide by two divide into halves. They halved the extra hole in bogey 5s. |
| hardship | Something that causes or entails suffering. The shared hardships of wartime. |
| homeless | Physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security. A homeless was found murdered in Central Park. |
| hunger | Feel or suffer hunger. When he had fasted forty days and forty nights he afterwards hungered. |
| impecunious | Having little or no money. A titled but impecunious family. |
| inadequacy | A lack of competence. Juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents. |
| indigence | A state of extreme poverty; destitution. Their indigence appalled him. |
| indigent | Poor enough to need help from others. A charity for the relief of indigent artists. |
| insufficiency | The inability of an organ to perform its normal function. Renal insufficiency. |
| lack | The state of being without or not having enough of something. There is a serious lack of insight into the problem. |
| need | Have need of. I won t detain you for longer than I need. |
| neediness | A state of extreme poverty. He recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it. |
| pauper | A poor person who may bring a legal action without payment of costs. He was buried in a pauper s grave. |
| pauperism | A state of extreme poverty or destitution. |
| penury | The state of being very poor; extreme poverty. He couldn t face another year of penury. |
| poor | Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. The country had a poor economy. |
| poverty | The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions. Thousands of families are living in abject poverty. |
| scarcity | A small and inadequate amount. A time of scarcity. |
| shortage | A state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts. Food shortages. |
| shortfall | The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required. They are facing an expected 10 billion shortfall in revenue. |
| starve | Force someone out of (a place) or into (a specified state) by starvation. The political prisoners starved to death. |
| suffering | Psychological suffering. Weapons that cause unnecessary suffering. |
| wanting | Nonexistent. The English batting technique has been found wanting. |
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