Synonyms for scantness
- curtailment
- dearth
- defalcation
- defect
- deficiency
- deficit
- failure
- inadequacy
- insufficiency
- lack
- lapse
- leanness
- paucity
- pinch
- poverty
- scantiness
- scarceness
- scarcity
- shortcoming
- shortfall
- tightness
- want
- weakness
- underage
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Antonyms for scantness
- abundance
- achievement
- adequacy
- advantage
- affluence
- enough
- excess
- lot
- perfection
- plenty
- strength
- strong point
- success
- sufficiency
- surplus
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR SCANTNESS
Wasn't there a good deal of talk about the scantness of some of the ladies' dresses?
This was the quelling they brought, a scantness of drink that seized him.
Her satin dress was a mere sheath, so conspicuous by its severity and scantness that every one in the dining-room stared.
Then immediately, through the scantness of the apartment, he heard the outer bell resound.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR SCANTNESS
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