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Antonyms for scanty
ˈskæn tiscant·y
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term scanty.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
scanty
Antonyms:
abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wideSynonyms:
brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial
Princeton's WordNet
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
scantyadjective
Synonyms:
insufficient, inadequate, meager, sparing, illiberal, niggardly
How to use scanty in a sentence?
The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are seldom read: one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or pure English, undefiled wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford:
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.
It was a dark and stormy night the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.
The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.
The dreariest spot in all the land to Death they set apart; with scanty grace from Nature's hand, and none from that of Art.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#209 | great | |
#264 | long | |
#330 | big | |
#462 | large | |
#917 | wide | |
#1133 | huge | |
#1450 | grand | |
#3482 | extensive | |
#3516 | broad | |
#3754 | massive | |
#5438 | vast | |
#5953 | considerable | |
#8121 | enormous | |
#10335 | spacious | |
#12717 | abundant | |
#13357 | ample | |
#14475 | coarse | |
#15908 | immense | |
#16667 | gigantic | |
#23873 | bulky | |
#27383 | colossal | |
#67164 | scanty | |
#108253 | capacious | |
#140430 | commodious |
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