needy

Definition

Examples

The company donates food to needy families every winter.

Word Family

Synonyms

• impoverishedmake poor
• destitutepoor enough to need help from others
• underprivilegedlacking the rights and advantages of other members of society

Collocations

• Easy help needy families
  to help needy families, meaning to give help or assistance; be of service
• Medium corporate charity drive for needy communities
  describing corporate charity drive for needy communities (of or belonging to a corporation)
• Hard targeted welfare allocation for needy citizens
  to targeted welfare allocation for needy citizens, meaning to intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
• Very Hard deal with excessively needy and entitled clients
  to deal with excessively needy and entitled clients, meaning to act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression