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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small, inadequate; poor |
| Synonyms: | bare, barren, deficient, exiguous, flimsy, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infertile, insubstantial, insufficient, little, mere, minimum, miserable, paltry, puny, scant, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, shabby, short, skimp, skimpy, slender, slight, spare, sparse, subtle, tenuous, too little too late, unfinished, unfruitful, unproductive, wanting, weak |
| Antonyms: | adequate, large, liberal, plenty, substantial, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | narrow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, stingy |
| Synonyms: | avaricious, close, mean, mercenary, scrimpy, tight*, ungenerous |
| Antonyms: | generous, spendthrift, wasting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parsimonious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | penny-pinching |
| Synonyms: | avaricious, chintzy, close, frugal, greedy, illiberal, mean, miserly, penurious, prudent, saving, scrimpy, selfish, skinflint, sparing, stingy*, tight*, tightfisted, tightwad |
| Antonyms: | generous, lavish, liberal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | piddly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meager, trivial |
| Synonyms: | barren, deficient, diddly, flimsy, inconsiderable, insubstantial, insufficient, little, measly, mere, microscopic, minute, negligible, paltry, petty, puny, rinky-dink, scant, scrimpy, short, skimpy, slight, small, sparse, superficial, too little too late, two-bit, unproductive, worthless |
| Main Entry: | scant/scanty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inadequate |
| Synonyms: | bare, barely sufficient, close, deficient, exiguous, failing, insufficient, limited, little, meager, minimal, narrow, poor, rare, restricted, scrimpy, short, shy, skimpy, slender, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy, thin, tight, wanting |
| Antonyms: | abundant, adequate, ample, covering, plentiful, substantial, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | skimpy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sparse, inadequate |
| Synonyms: | deficient, exiguous, failing, insufficient, meager, miserly, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, short, shy, spare, stingy, thin, tight, unsufficient, wanting |
| Notes: | scanty means barely adequate or sufficient; scant means less than the correct or full amount; skimpy means containing little excess |
| Antonyms: | adequate, enough, generous, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | sparse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very few and scattered |
| Synonyms: | dispersed, exiguous, few and far between, inadequate, infrequent, meager, occasional, poor, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimpy, skimpy, spare, sporadic, thin, uncommon |
| Antonyms: | full, lush, plentiful |
| Main Entry: | thrifty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | economical |
| Synonyms: | canny, careful, chary, cheap, chintzy, close*, close-fisted, conserving, frugal, mean, parsimonious, penny-pinching, preserving, provident, prudent, saving, scrimpy, sparing, steal, stingy*, tight*, unwasteful |
| Notes: | frugal refers more directly to practicing economy in the course of shopping for goods or services, whereas thrifty applies more to the preservation of funds |
| Antonyms: | extravagant, spendthrift, uneconomical, wasteful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scanty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inadequate |
| Synonyms: | bare, barely sufficient, close, deficient, exiguous, failing, insufficient, limited, little, meager, minimal, narrow, poor, rare, restricted, scant, scrimpy, short, shy, skimpy, slender, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy, thin, tight, wanting |
| Notes: | scanty means barely adequate or sufficient; scant means less than the correct or full amount; skimpy means containing little excess |
| Antonyms: | abundant, ample, plentiful |
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