Needy
Needy adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: those generous souls who regularly give money and donate clothes to help the needy
Poverty-stricken is a synonym for needy in poor topic. In some cases you can use "Poverty-stricken" instead an adjective "Needy", when it comes to topics like rich, deprived. popular alternative
Poverty-stricken
Poverty-stricken adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: poverty-stricken immigrants struggling to make ends meet
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and needy
- poor and poverty-stricken
- penurious and needy
- penurious and poverty-stricken
- distressed and needy
- distressed and poverty-stricken
- indigent and needy
- indigent and poverty-stricken
- beggarly and needy
- beggarly and poverty-stricken
- impoverished and needy
- impoverished and poverty-stricken
- destitute and needy
- destitute and poverty-stricken
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Poverty-stricken and Needy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/needy/poverty-stricken
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Poverty-stricken or Needy. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/needy/poverty-stricken.
