Synonyms for "scantiness" (87 found)

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Closest matches (18)

meagernessabsenceausteritychinchinesschintzinessdaintinessdearthdefalcationdefectdeficiencydeficitdelicacydiminutivenessexiguity

Noun(4 words)

meagernessdearthdejectionexiguity

Strong matches (26)

exiguousnessfailurefewnessinadequacyinconsequentialityinconsiderablenessinfrequencyinsignificanceinsubstantialinsufficiencyjejunenessjejunitylackleannesslenten farelittlenessmeannessminutenessmiserlinessmoderateness

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narrownessniggardliness

Noun(4 words)

fewnesslackleannessmeagreness

Related words (43)

paltrinessparsimonypaucitypettinesspicayunishnesspokinesspovertypuninessrarenessrarityrestrictednessscant sufficiencyscantnessscarcenessscarcityscrawninessscrimpinessshortageshortnessskimpiness

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slendernessslightnessslim pickingsslimnesssmallnesssparenesssparsenesssparsitystinginessstringencythinnesstightnesstininesstrivialityuncommonnessunderageundersizeunimportancewant

Noun(4 words)

poornessscantnessscarcityskimpiness

Related word relations

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More general

4 entries

deficiencyinadequacyinsufficiencyshortness

Synonyms

1 entries

meagerness

derived from

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scanty

related to

1 entries

scanty

Translations

2 translations across 2 languages.

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Latin

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• exiguitās noun (quality of being scanty)

Ottoman Turkish

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• قلت noun (quality of being scanty)

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