SCANT


Meaning of SCANT in English

I. ||scant noun

Synonyms: scarcity , insufficience, insufficiency, paucity, poverty, scarceness

II. scant adjective

|| 1.

Synonyms: stingy , ||chinchy, close, ||narrow, niggard, save-all, scrimpy, scrimy, tight, tightfisted

2.

Synonyms: short 3, deficient, failing, inadequate, insufficient, scanty, scarce, shy, unsufficient, wanting

3.

Synonyms: meager 2, exiguous, poor, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse

Antonyms: ample

III. scant verb

Synonyms: spare 3, short, skimp, ||skinch, stint

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