Scant Synonyms

skănt
Just sufficient
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. scarce
  2. bare
  3. insufficient
  4. light
  5. meager
  6. limited
  7. short
Limit in quality or quantity
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. skimp
Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stint
  2. skimp
Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. exiguous
  2. meager
  3. poor
  4. puny
  5. scanty
  6. skimpy
  7. spare
  8. sparse
  9. stingy
  10. thin
  11. measly

Words Related to Scant

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. inadequate
  2. big
  3. excess
  4. precious-little

Scant Sentence Examples

  • Recent logic does scant justice to scientific analysis.

  • Continuous forest areas are scant.

  • The sands and clays found here are fine and soft, and as there is scant vegetation to protect the hillsides they are easily eroded by the rains.

  • Schooling was very scant before the creation of the public schools in 1854.

  • Summer attire may best be described as scant.

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