Synonyms for Meager | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "meager" (231 found)

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Closest matches (47)

Determiner(1 words)

a small number

abstemious angular angustifoliate angustirostrate angustisellate angustiseptal ascetic austere bare bony cheeseparing chinchy chintzy circumscribed close close-fitting confined constricted cramp cramped

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crowded cursory deficient depthless dumpy dwarf dwarfed dwarfish elfin exiguous few flat flat-chested fleshless footling frugal gangling

Adjective(7 words)

aliquant barest beggarly delgado emaciated entsy faint

Noun(2 words)

few cluesfew resources

Strong matches (69)

gangly gaunt gawky impoverished inadequate inappreciable incapacious incipient incommodious inconsequential inconsiderable infrequent insignificant insufficient isthmian isthmic jejune lank lanky lean

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lean-fleshed lean-looking lenten light lilliputian limited little low mean mere midget miniature minimum miserable miserly nanoid narrownarrow gaugenear negligible niggardlyno great shakespaltry parsimonious petty picayune picayunish piddling

Noun(4 words)

german dünnhalfpenny maiger paupers

Adjective(16 words)

insufficientlimited infrastructurelimited quantitylimited resourceslow count sampleslow yieldmaigre meagerly meagre measliest measly mingyminimal extentpaltrier paltriest paltry

Verb(1 words)

piffling

Related words (115)

Verb(4 words)

pinched scanted scraped skimped

Adjective(31 words)

pitiful punier puny scantscant amountscant numberscant turnoutscantest scantier scantiest scrawnier scrimpyshort explanationsixpenny skimpier skimpiest skimpy slimmestsmall quantitysparse indicators

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sparse matrixstingythin argumentthin rubber bandthin soupthinnest crowdsthreadbaretiny quantityunfattened unlivable weedy

poor puny pygmy rare rawboned restricted rudimental rudimentary runty scant scanty scarce scattered scraggy scrawny scrimp scrimping scrimpy scrubbyseldom met with

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Noun(6 words)

scanting scraping shoestringsmall amountsmall crowdspecies scarcity

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

4 entries

amount quality quantity value

More specific

6 entries

deficiency inadequacy insufficiency paucity scarcity shortage

Collocations

6 entries

meager budgetmeager evidencemeager resourcesmeager salarymeager turnoutmeager yield

Inflections

2 entries

more meagermost meager

Derivations

2 entries

meagerly meagerness

Antonyms

1 entries

ample

similar

14 entries

bare deficient exiguoushand-to-mouthhardscrabble insufficient measly minimal minimum miserable paltry scanty scarce spare

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It was difficult to live on his meager earnings.

Source: tatoeba (285469)

The beggar rattled a few meager coins in his tin can.

Source: tatoeba (702561)

He fleeced three old ladies of their meager pensions.

Source: tatoeba (1005996)

The pay is meager.

Source: tatoeba (1916062)

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