All scanty synonyms
scantΒ·y
S s adjective scanty
- lean β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- incapacious β Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
- wimpy β of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
- light β a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- niggardly β reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- wanting β lacking or absent: a motor with some of the parts wanting.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- narrow β of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- bare β If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- failing β Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
- exiguous β Very small in size or amount.
- junker β any old or discarded material, as metal, paper, or rags.
- fortuneless β Unlucky, unfortunate.
adj scanty
- a few β small number of
- inadequate β not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
- dirt poor β lacking nearly all material means or resources for living.
- flat broke β having no money
- in short supply β If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.
- at a premium β If something is at a premium, it is wanted or needed, but is difficult to get or achieve.
- few and far between β not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
- flawed β characterized by flaws; having imperfections: a flawed gem; a seriously flawed piece of work.
- in-solvent β not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.
- deficient β If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly.
- insignificant β unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details.
- beggared β a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- necessitous β destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent: to aid a necessitous young mother.
- down and out β downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- mini β miniskirt.
- moneyless β any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- meager β deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- few β not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
- measly β Informal. contemptibly small, meager, or slight: They paid me a measly fifteen dollars for a day's work. wretchedly bad or unsatisfactory: a measly performance.
- inconsequential β of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
- miserable β wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- linear β of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- bitty β If you say that something is bitty, you mean that it seems to be formed from a lot of different parts which you think do not fit together or go together well.
- infrequent β happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.