Scanty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Barely sufficient or adequate.
  • adj. Insufficient, as in extent or degree.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
  • adj. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
  • adj. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant.
  • adj. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Lacking amplitude or extent; narrow; small; scant.
  • Limited in scope, copiousness, fullness, or abundance; barely sufficient for use or necessity: as, a scanty wardrobe.
  • Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
  • Synonyms Short, insufficient, slender, meager.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
  • adj. lacking in amplitude or quantity
  • Equivalent
    stingy    meagre    scrimpy    meagerly    meager   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    underpants   
    Cross Reference
    deficient    narrow    scant    insufficient    slender    meagre    scarce   
    Variant
    scantier    scantiest   
    Form
    scantiness    scantily   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    deficient    chary    parsimonious    poor    scarce    scant    narrow    sparing    grudging    penurious   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Auntie    Chianti    Santy    ante    anti    auntie    canty    chianti    panty    shanty   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scant    meager    ample    inadequate    sparse    plentiful    substantial    tattered    coarse    imperfect