Meager

//ˈmiɡɚ//

Synonyms for "meager" (190 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Strong matches (57)

Adjective(2 words)
meagerlymeagre

Related words (95)

Adjective(2 words)
scrimpystingy

Related word relations

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Translations

61 translations across 24 languages.

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Albanian

3 entries
  • lig adj (lean)
  • lig adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • mpakur adj (lean)

Arabic

1 entries
  • ضَئِيل adj (lean)

Czech

4 entries
  • hubený adj (lean)
  • mizerný adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • nedostačující adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • ubohý adj (poor, deficient or inferior)

Dutch

3 entries
  • mager adj (lean)
  • mager adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • schamel adj (poor, deficient or inferior)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • magra adj (lean)

Finnish

2 entries
  • laiha adj (lean)
  • niukka adj (poor, deficient or inferior)

French

3 entries
  • maigre adj (lean)
  • maigre adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • pauvre adj (poor, deficient or inferior)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გალეული adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • გამხდარი adj (lean)
  • მჭლე adj (lean)
  • უქონელი adj (poor, deficient or inferior)

German

2 entries
  • mager adj (lean)
  • mager adj (poor, deficient or inferior)

Greek

4 entries
  • γλίσχρος adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • ισχνός adj (lean)
  • ισχνός adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • λιγοστός adj (poor, deficient or inferior)

Italian

1 entries
  • magro adj (lean)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • ярһ adj (lean)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • жарымаған adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • жұтаң adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • тақ-тұқ adj (poor, deficient or inferior)

Latin

2 entries
  • macer adj (lean)
  • macer adj (poor, deficient or inferior)

Māori

1 entries
  • kōhoka adj (lean)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • mager adj (lean)
  • mager adj (poor, deficient or inferior)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • ضعیف adj (lean)
  • نازك adj (lean)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • pukrich adj (poor, deficient or inferior)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • magro adj (lean)
  • pobre adj (poor, deficient or inferior)

Romanian

1 entries
  • macru adj (lean)

Russian

4 entries
  • бе́дный adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • ми́зерный adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • ску́дный adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • то́щий adj (lean)

Spanish

4 entries
  • deficiente adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • escaso adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • exiguo adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • magro adj (lean)

Swedish

1 entries
  • mager adj (lean)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • мізе́рний adj (poor, deficient or inferior)
  • убо́гий adj (poor, deficient or inferior)

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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