Word Type

Adverb

Adjective

Proper Noun

Adverb

Adjective

The word "scarce" can be used as adverb, adjective, proper noun, adverb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

abundant abundant available common plentiful plenty

Derived Terms

make oneself scarce nonscarce scarce as hen's teeth scarce chaser scarce copper scarcely scarcement scarcen scarceness unscarce

Distinct From

abundant common lot much plentiful plenty

Context

literary

Related Terms

scarcity

Related Terms

abundant adjective availability being being few being rare commodity demand description dew difficult empty exist few few exist find hard hard find hardly infrequent insufficient lack lack of lacking like limited limited availability little looks looks like meager number only just out rare rarity running running out scarcely scarcity short short supply shortage small small number sparse sparse little supply uncommon very very few very little very rare

Similar Terms

meager meagerly meagre rare rare scrimpy stingy tight tight

Synonym Network

hardly scarcely

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.