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| Main Entry: | scarce |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insufficient, infrequent |
| Synonyms: | deficient, failing, few, limited, occasional, rare, scanty, seldom, short, shy, sparse, sporadic, uncommon, unusual, wanting, at a premium, few and far between, in short supply, scant, seldom met with, semioccasional, shortened, truncated |
| Notes: | rare means not widely known or recurring only at long intervals or not widely distributed; scarce means not enough or deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand |
| Antonyms: | abundant, frequent, plentiful, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | deficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperfect, inadequate |
| Synonyms: | amiss, bad, damaged, defective, exiguous, faulty, impaired, incomplete, inferior, infrequent, injured, insufficient, lacking, meager, rare, scanty*, scarce, second fiddle*, second string, short, shy, sketchy, skimpy, unequal, unfinished, unsatisfactory, wanting, weak, flawed, found wanting, marred, not cut out for, not enough, not make it, not up to scratch, outta gas, scant, third string, unassembled |
| Antonyms: | adequate, ample, enough, excessive, faultless, flawless, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient, superfluous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | failing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not well, weak |
| Synonyms: | defeated, deficient, faint, feeble, inadequate, insufficient, scanty, scarce, short, shy, unavailing, unsuccessful, vain, wanting, declining, scant, unprosperous, unsufficient, unthriving |
| Antonyms: | healthy, strong, thriving, well, ok, rebounding |
| Main Entry: | few |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardly any |
| Synonyms: | exiguous, imperceptible, inconsequential, infrequent, insufficient, lean, less, meager, middling, minor, minority, minute, negligible, occasional, paltry, petty, piddling, rare, scanty, scarce, scattered, scattering, seldom, short, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, some, sparse, sporadic, stingy, thin, trifling, uncommon, few and far between, inconsiderable, not many, not too many, scant, scarcely any, semioccasional, straggling, 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, glitch*, imperfect, impotent, inapt, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, insubstantial, junk*, lacking, lame*, lemon*, lousy, low, meager, minus, miserly, parsimonious, poor, scanty, scarce, short, shy*, sketchy*, skimpy*, small, spare, sparse, sterile, stunted*, thin*, unequal, unproductive, unqualified, weak, found wanting, inappreciable, inconsiderable, niggardly, not enough, stinted, too little |
| Antonyms: | able, adequate, competent, enough, sufficient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | infrequent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not happening regularly |
| Synonyms: | exceptional, few, isolated, limited, meager, occasional, odd, rare, scanty, scarce, scattered, seldom, sparse, spasmodic, sporadic, stray, uncommon, unusual, few and far between, scant, semioccasional |
| Antonyms: | common, frequent, often, usual |
| Main Entry: | insufficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not enough; lacking |
| Synonyms: | bereft, defective, deficient, destitute, devoid, drained, dry, failing, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, infrequent, meager, minus, poor, rare, scarce, short, shy, thin*, unfinished, unqualified, unsatisfactory, wanting, out of, scant, short of, too little too late, unample, unfitted |
| Antonyms: | adequate, ample, enough, sufficient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occasional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irregular, sporadic |
| Synonyms: | casual, desultory, especial, exceptional, exclusive, few, incidental, infrequent, intermittent, odd, off and on*, particular, random, rare, scarce, seldom, special, specific, uncommon, unusual, not habitual, unfrequent |
| Antonyms: | constant, frequent, regular, steady, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | several |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assorted, various |
| Synonyms: | any, certain, considerable, definite, different, disparate, distinct, diverse, handful, indefinite, individual, infrequent, manifold, many, numerous, particular, personal, plural, proportionate, rare, respective, scanty, scarce, separate, single, some, sparse, special, specific, sundry, a few, a lot, divers, hardly any, not many, only a few, quite a few, scant, scarcely any, small number |
| Antonyms: | individual, none, one, single |
| Main Entry: | sparse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very few and scattered |
| Synonyms: | exiguous, inadequate, infrequent, meager, occasional, poor, rare, scanty, scarce, skimpy, spare, sporadic, thin, uncommon, dispersed, few and far between, scant, scrimpy |
| Antonyms: | full, lush, plentiful |
| Main Entry: | sporadic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on and off |
| Synonyms: | desultory, few, fitful, hit-or-miss*, infrequent, intermittent, irregular, isolated, occasional, random, rare, scarce, scattered, seldom, spasmodic, spotty, uncommon, bits and pieces, fits and starts, on-again-off-again, semioccasional, unfrequent |
| Antonyms: | constant, continuous, dependable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | valuable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very important; priceless |
| Synonyms: | beneficial, costly, dear, estimable, expensive, heirloom, helpful, high-priced, hot*, important, inestimable, invaluable, precious, profitable, relevant, respected, scarce, serviceable, useful, valued, worthwhile, worthy, admired, appreciated, cherished, collectible, esteemed, held dear, hot property, in demand, of value, prized, treasured |
| Antonyms: | unimportant, useless, valueless, worthless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wanting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking, inadequate |
| Synonyms: | absent, away, bankrupt, bereft, cut off, defective, deficient, destitute, devoid, disappointing, empty, failing, faulty, gone, half-baked*, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, less, minus, missing, needed, omitted, patchy, poor, scanty, scarce, short, shy, sketchy, substandard, unsound, burned out, cooked, deprived, in default, not good enough, not up to par, out of gas, scant, too little too late, unfulfilled |
| Antonyms: | adequate, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exceptional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irregular |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, deviant, distinct, extraordinary, inconsistent, infrequent, notable, noteworthy, odd, peculiar, phenomenal, rare, remarkable, scarce, singular, special, strange, uncommon, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unprecedented, unthinkable, unusual, uncustomary, unordinary |
| Antonyms: | common, conventional, expected, general, normal, ordinary, regular, unexceptional, usual |
| Main Entry: | rare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exceptional, infrequent |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, deficient, extraordinary, few, flimsy, inconceivable, isolated, light, limited, occasional, out of the ordinary, rarefied, scanty, scarce, scattered, seldom, short, singular, sparse, sporadic, strange, subtle, tenuous, thin, uncommon, unimaginable, unique, unlikely, unthinkable, unusual, attenuated, few and far between, recherché, semioccasional, subtile, unfrequent, unheard of, unwonted |
| Antonyms: | common, frequent, regular, typical, usual |
| Main Entry: | uncommon |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very different |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, arcane, bizarre, curious, eccentric, egregious, exceptional, exotic, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, few, freakish, infrequent, irregular, nondescript, noteworthy, novel, odd, original, out of the ordinary, out of the way*, peculiar, prodigious, queer, rare, remarkable, scarce, seldom, singular, sporadic, startling, strange, surprising, unaccustomed, unconventional, unfamiliar, unique, unorthodox, unusual, weird, outré, uncustomary, unheard of |
| Antonyms: | common, familiar, normal, regular, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, vacant, vacuous, void, wanting, unfurnished |
| Antonyms: | covered, full |
| Main Entry: | just |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | only now |
| Synonyms: | almost, approximately, barely, hardly, lately, nearly, now, presently, recently, scarce, scarcely, a moment ago, at this moment, by very little, just a while ago, just now, right now |
| Main Entry: | shy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking, failing |
| Synonyms: | deficient, inadequate, insufficient, scanty, scarce, short, wanting, scant, unsufficient |
| Antonyms: | adequate, enough, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | slender/slim |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inadequate, flimsy |
| Synonyms: | bare, deficient, faint, feeble, fragile, insufficient, little, meager, poor, remote, scanty, scarce, short, shy, slight, small, spare, tenuous, thin, wanting, weak, inconsiderable, scant |
| Antonyms: | adequate, reasonable, sensible, sufficient |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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