scantier
Meaning of scantier
adjective, comparative adjective
- small or insufficient in quantity or amount.
they paid whatever they could out of their scanty wages to their families
late 16th century: from scant + -y1.
Information about scantier
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of scantier
scant-ier
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- scantier is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
scantier synonyms
Meaning (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality:
Meaning barely sufficient or adequate:
Meaning of a minimum amount, quantity, or degree; negligible:
Meaning restricted in size, amount, or extent; few, small, or short:
Meaning (of an amount, rate, or level) relatively moderate, limited, or small:
Meaning limited in extent, number, scope, or action:
Meaning thinly dispersed or scattered:
Meaning very small:
Meaning of a size that is less than normal or usual:
Meaning (of an amount) very small or meagre:
Meaning so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant:
Meaning not enough; inadequate:
Meaning lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose:
Meaning not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient:
Meaning not thorough or detailed:
Meaning lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society:
Meaning with opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together:
Meaning make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous:
Meaning (especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand:
Meaning ridiculously small or few:
Meaning pathetically trivial; trifling:
Meaning mean:
Meaning arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness:
Meaning very small in size or amount:
scantier antonyms
Meaning existing or available in large quantities; plentiful:
Meaning enough or more than enough; plentiful:
Meaning existing in or yielding great quantities; abundant:
Anagrams of scantier
anestric, canister, carniest, Cestrian, ceratins, cestrian, cisterna, Encratis, irascent, nacrites, Nectaris, tacrines
Words that rhyme with scantier
tier, Sabatier, chocolatier, floatier, goatier, matier, meatier, peatier, platier, sarmatier, slatier, sweatier, throatier, wheatier, dictier, hinctier, Pelletier, argoletier, bouquetier, cabaretier, corsetier, crotchetier, fidgetier, finicketier, freetier, gleetier, pistoletier, racketier, retier, ricketier, setier, sheetier, sleetier, snippetier, streetier, suetier, targetier, velvetier, cliftier, craftier, draftier, driftier, heftier, loftier, niftier, riftier, shiftier, sniftier, thriftier, toploftier
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