1. (adjective) poor enough to need help from others

• destitute
• impoverished
• indigent
• necessitous
• poverty-stricken

1. (adjective) poor enough to need help from others

• poor

2. (adjective) demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree

• demanding

1. (noun) needy people collectively

• poor
• poor people

1. (adjective) poor enough to need help from others

• deprivation
• neediness
• privation
• want
• essential
• necessary
• necessity
• requirement
• requisite
• indigence
• indigence
• need
• need
• pauperism
• pauperism
• pauperization
• pauperization
• penury
• penury

2. (adjective) demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree

• neediness