Synonyms: needy
Definition: needy people collectively
Usage: they try to help the needy
Similar words: poor, poor people
Definition: people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
Usage: the urban poor need assistance
Synonyms: needy
Definition: demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
Similar words: demanding
Definition: requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
Usage: found the job very demanding; a baby can be so demanding
Synonyms: poverty-stricken, necessitous, needy, destitute, indigent, impoverished
Definition: poor enough to need help from others
Similar words: poor
Definition: having little money or few possessions
Usage: deplored the gap between rich and poor countries; the proverbial poor artist living in a garret