needy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
needy people collectively
they try to help the needy
Types & categories
- poor people hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
poor enough to need help from others
Related & opposite
- essential derivation
- privation derivation
- pauperization derivation
- poor similar to
Sense 3 adjective
demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | poor people |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | essential |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | privation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pauperization |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | poor |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | neediness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | demanding |