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Some common synonyms of scanty are meager, scant, skimpy, spare, and sparse. While all these words mean "falling short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable," scanty stresses insufficiency in amount, quantity, or extent. supplies too scanty to last the winter.
- The synonyms meager and scanty are sometimes interchangeable, but meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or numbers necessary to a thin...
- In some situations, the words scant and scanty are roughly equivalent. However, scant suggests a falling short of what is desired or desirable rath...
- The words skimpy and scanty can be used in similar contexts, but skimpy usually suggests niggardliness or penury as the cause of the deficiency. //...
- The words spare and scanty are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, spare may suggest a slight falling short of adequacy or merely an a...
- Although the words sparse and scanty have much in common, sparse implies a thin scattering of units. // a sparse population
adjective. us / ˈskæn·ti / Add to word list. smaller in size or amount than what is considered necessary or desirable: scanty food supplies. scantily. adverb us / ˈskæn·t ə l·i / (Definition of scanty from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of scanty. scanty.
Of a quantity, store, supply, or any collective unity: Meagre, slender, not ample or copious. 1658 Clemens saith they were very few, their Assemblies private, and very scanty things.
Scanty, meager, sparse refer to insufficiency or deficiency in quantity, number, etc. Scanty denotes smallness or insufficiency of quantity, number, supply, etc.: a scanty supply of food. Meager indicates that something is poor, stinted, or inadequate: meager fare; a meager income.
adjective. us / ˈskæn·ti / Add to word list. smaller in size or amount than what is considered necessary or desirable: scanty food supplies. scantily. adverb us / ˈskæn·t ə l·i / (Definition of scanty from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of scanty. scanty.
Definition of scanty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Scanty means not enough in amount, extent, or degree, or very brief underpants, especially for women. Learn how to use scanty in a sentence and see synonyms, antonyms, and related words.
