| Main Entry: | scanty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inadequate |
Synonyms: |
bare, barely sufficient, close, deficient, exiguous, failing, insufficient, limited, little, meager, minimal, narrow, poor, rare, restricted, scant, scrimpy, short, shy, skimpy, slender, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy, thin, tight, wanting |
| Notes: | scanty means barely adequate or sufficient; scant means less than the correct or full amount; skimpy means containing little excess |
Antonyms: |
abundant, ample, plentiful |
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without covering or content |
Synonyms: |
arid, barren, blank, bleak, clear, desert, desolate, empty, lacking, mean, open, poor, scanty, scarce, stark, unfurnished, vacant, vacuous, void, wanting |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
Antonyms: |
covered, full |
| Main Entry: | deficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperfect, inadequate |
Synonyms: |
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 |
Antonyms: |
adequate, ample, enough, excessive, faultless, flawless, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient, superfluous |
| Main Entry: | failing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not well, weak |
Synonyms: |
declining, defeated, deficient, faint, feeble, inadequate, insufficient, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shy, unavailing, unprosperous, unsuccessful, unsufficient, unthriving, vain, wanting |
Antonyms: |
healthy, ok, rebounding, strong, thriving, well |
| Main Entry: | few |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardly any |
Synonyms: |
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 |
Antonyms: |
many, much |
| Main Entry: | inadequate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defective, insufficient, incompetent |
Synonyms: |
bare, barren, bush-league, deficient, depleted, dry, failing, faulty, feeble, found wanting, glitch*, imperfect, impotent, inappreciable, inapt, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, inconsiderable, insubstantial, junk*, lacking, lame*, lemon, lousy, low, meager, minus, miserly, niggardly, not enough, parsimonious, poor, scanty, scarce, short, shy*, sketchy*, skimpy, small, spare, sparse, sterile, stinted, stunted, thin*, too little, unequal, unproductive, unqualified, weak |
Antonyms: |
able, adequate, competent, enough, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | inconsequential/inconsiderable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of no significance |
Synonyms: |
casual, dinky, entry-level, exiguous, immaterial, inadequate, inappreciable, inconsequent, insignificant, insufficient, light, little, measly, minor, negligible, paltry, petty, picayune, puny, runt, scanty, shoestring, skimpy, small, small potatoes, small-time, trifling, trivial, two-bit, unconsidered, unimportant, wimpy, worthless |
Antonyms: |
consequential, considerable, important, significant |
| Main Entry: | infrequent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not happening regularly |
Synonyms: |
exceptional, few, few and far between, isolated, limited, meager, occasional, odd, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, seldom, semioccasional, sparse, spasmodic, sporadic, stray, uncommon, unusual |
Antonyms: |
common, frequent, often, usual |
| Main Entry: | insignificant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not important; of no consequence |
Synonyms: |
casual, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, irrelevant, lesser, light, lightweight, little, meager, meaningless, minim, minimal, minor, minuscule, minute, negligible, nondescript, nonessential, not worth mentioning, nugatory, paltry, petty, pointless, purportless, scanty, secondary, senseless, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial |
Antonyms: |
consequential, important, significant, substantial, valuable |
| Main Entry: | lean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bare, thin |
Synonyms: |
angular, anorexic, barren, beanpole, bony, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, inadequate, infertile, lank, lanky, meager, no fat, pitiful, poor, rangy, rawboned, scanty, scraggy, scrawny, shadow*, sinewy, skinny, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stick, stilt, stringy, svelte, sylphlike, twiggy, unfruitful, unproductive, wasted, wiry, wizened, worn |
Antonyms: |
fat, plump |