Scrimpy

Synonyms for "scrimpy" (69 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Adjective(3 words)

meager stingy barebones

abstemious ascetic austere cheeseparing chinchy chintzy close deficient dwarfed exiguous failing

Strong matches (21)

frugal impoverished inadequate inappreciable infrequent insufficient jejune lean lenten limited mean narrow niggardly paltry piddling poor puny

Adjective(4 words)

meagerly meagre miserly parsimonious

Related words (34)

rare scant scanty scarce scattered scrawny scrimp scrimping short shy skimp skimping skimpy slender slight slim small spare sparing sparse

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spartan spotty sprinkled starvation stinted straitened stunted subsistence thin tight wanting watery

Adjective(2 words)

scant tightfisted

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

deficiencyeconomic behaviorinsufficiencypersonality trait

More specific

4 entries

meager grantpenny-pinchingscant fundingtightfistedness

Collocations

6 entries

scrimpy allocationscrimpy budgetscrimpy fundingscrimpy marginsscrimpy resourcesscrimpy spending

Inflections

2 entries

scrimpier scrimpiest

Derivations

3 entries

scrimp scrimpily scrimpiness

similar

14 entries

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

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