needy
adjectiveHow many syllables in needy?
There are 2 syllables in the word needy.How to pronounce needy:
Definition of needy:
- needy (adjective):
- in need of financial support
- being in want poverty-stricken
- demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree.
Synonyms for needy:
bankrupt
bankrupted
beggared
beggarly
broke
depressed
deprived
destitute
dirt-poor
disadvantaged
down at heel
down-and-out
famished
hard up
impecunious
impoverished
indigent
necessitous
needful
on the breadline
out at elbows
out at the elbows
out of pocket
pauperized
penniless
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Antonyms for needy:
advantaged
affluent
blessed
booming
born with a silver spoon in your mouth
cash rich
comfortable
deep-pocketed
doing it easy
economically privileged
enlarged
enriched
fat
fat-cat
favored
favoured
filthy rich
financial
flourishing
flush
fortunate
full
happy
having a charmed life
having it made
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- neda
- necktie
- necci
- navin
- naval
- natures
- native
- natheless
- natchez
- nassau
- nasaump
- narra
- nardu
- naples
- napkins
- nanny
- nakai
- nailah
- nacho
- nabal
- mythic
- myna
- mutton
- mutter
- mutest
- mutate
- mutant
- musing
- musa
- murphy
- murmur
- muriel
- mural
- mumbles
- multi
- muffing
- mudded
- mozart
- mower
- moulting
- mottos
- motioned
- motel
- moses
- moscow
- morty
- morais
- mopping
- monstruo
- monsters
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