needy

English Thesaurus

1. needy people collectively (noun.group)

hypernym	:	poor, poor people,
definition	:	people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) (noun.group)

2. demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree (adj.all)

similar	:	demanding,
definition	:	requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill (adj.all)

3. poor enough to need help from others (adj.all)

similar	:	poor,
definition	:	having little money or few possessions (adj.all)

4. demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree (adj.all)

derivation	:	neediness,
definition	:	the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree (noun.attribute)

5. poor enough to need help from others (adj.all)

derivation	:	essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite,
definition	:	anything indispensable (noun.object)

derivation	:	deprivation, neediness, privation, want,
definition	:	a state of extreme poverty (noun.state)

derivation	:	indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury,
definition	:	a state of extreme poverty or destitution (noun.state)

6. demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree (adj.all)

derivation	:	neediness,
definition	:	the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree (noun.attribute)

7. poor enough to need help from others (adj.all)

derivation	:	essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite,
definition	:	anything indispensable (noun.object)

derivation	:	deprivation, neediness, privation, want,
definition	:	a state of extreme poverty (noun.state)

derivation	:	indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury,
definition	:	a state of extreme poverty or destitution (noun.state)