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Synonyms for scanty
adj inadequateAntonyms for scanty
- adequate
- enough
- full
- sufficient
- OK
- generous
- great
- large
- open
- strong
- thick
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- abundant
- ample
- plentiful
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Philip Lief Group.
barest
adjective. without covering or content
deficient
adjective. imperfect, inadequate
- amiss
- bad
- damaged
- defective
- exiguous
- faulty
- flawed
- found wanting
- impaired
- incomplete
- inferior
- infrequent
- injured
- insufficient
- lacking
- marred
- meager
- not cut out for
- not enough
- not make it
- not up to scratch
- outta gas
- rare
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- second fiddle
- second string
- short
- shy
- sketchy
- skimpy
- third string
- unassembled
- unequal
- unfinished
- unsatisfactory
- wanting
- weak
failing
adjective. not well, weak
few
adjective. hardly any
- exiguous
- few and far between
- imperceptible
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- infrequent
- insufficient
- lean
- less
- meager
- middling
- minor
- minority
- minute
- negligible
- not many
- not too many
- occasional
- paltry
- petty
- piddling
- rare
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- scarcely any
- scattered
- scattering
- seldom
- semioccasional
- short
- skimpy
- slender
- slight
- slim
- some
- sparse
- sporadic
- stingy
- straggling
- thin
- trifling
- uncommon
- unfrequent
- widely spaced
fewer
adjective. hardly any
- exiguous
- few and far between
- imperceptible
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- infrequent
- insufficient
- lean
- less
- meager
- middling
- minor
- minority
- minute
- negligible
- not many
- not too many
- occasional
- paltry
- petty
- piddling
- rare
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- scarcely any
- scattered
- scattering
- seldom
- semioccasional
- short
- skimpy
- slender
- slight
- slim
- some
- sparse
- sporadic
- stingy
- straggling
- thin
- trifling
- uncommon
- unfrequent
- widely spaced
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.