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

Example Sentences

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The challenges facing the power grid are acute and much of the country’s equipment is decades old and in need of replacement or repair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Hospitals, which are almost always in need of funds, figure that you may have enough #gratitude after your treatment to dip into your pockets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

Partly through choice and partly through necessity, with a wage bill badly in need of trimming, Pearson turned to youth.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

“California’s Lemon Laws are in need of reform and the courts need to exercise more oversight, given the fraud we continue to expose,” said Doug Lampe, counsel at Ford, in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

He cuddled close to me, as much in need of comfort as I was.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

in need

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