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in need

ADJECTIVE

begging

Synonyms

STRONG

craving imploring

WEAK

anxious

Antonyms

WEAK

undesirous

ADJECTIVE

deprived

Synonyms

STRONGEST

destitute disadvantaged dispossessed needy underprivileged

STRONG

broke wanting

WEAK

poor

Antonyms

STRONGEST

privileged prosperous rich wealthy

ADJECTIVE

necessitous

Synonyms

WEAK

bad off bankrupt beggared beggarly behind the eight ball broke destitute dirt poor down-and-out empty-handed flat flat broke fortuneless hard up impecunious impoverished in want indigent insolvent low meager moneyless needy on one's uppers pauperized penniless penurious pinched poverty-stricken reduced scanty stone broke strapped suffering truly needy underprivileged unprosperous

ADJECTIVE

poor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

destitute impoverished indigent low meager needy penniless poverty-stricken underprivileged

STRONG

bankrupt down-and-out flat insolvent scanty suffering

WEAK

bad off beggared beggarly behind the eight ball broke dirt poor empty-handed flat broke fortuneless hard up impecunious in want moneyless necessitous pauperized penurious pinched reduced stone broke strapped truly needy unprosperous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

affluent prosperous rich wealthy well-to-do

STRONG

comfortable fortunate solvent

ADJECTIVE

underprivileged

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depressed deprived destitute disadvantaged impoverished indigent needy

WEAK

badly off down and out hapless hard up have-not ill-fated ill-starred in dire straits in want unfortunate unlucky

Antonyms

STRONGEST

prosperous rich wealthy

WEAK

privileged

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Alonso could pursue signing Álvarez, whose club career is in need of stability.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Hadja Lahbib, the EU commissioner for crisis management, visited the provincial capital, Bunia, calling for humanitarian and health workers in the region to be guaranteed access to people in need.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

When you’re an employee-journalist at the money-losing news division of a conglomerate in need of government approval for a major transaction, you can stand on principle and make a fuss, and that’s fine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

And it was another performance which will attract the attention of the big clubs who may be in need of a midfielder this summer.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Because—no matter what kindhearted strangers thought—I was in need of neither company nor comfort.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

in need

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