1. (adverb)scarce deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand Antonyms: rank, overabundant, rich, long, lush, plentiful, teeming, rampant, ample, plethoric, verdant, abounding, torrential, plenteous, thick, riotous, abundant, copious, galore(ip), superabundant, profuse, luxuriant, easy, exuberant, rife, voluminous
2. (adverb)barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce only a very short time before Synonyms: just, barely, hardly, scarcely, merely, scantily, exactly, simply, but, precisely, scarce, only, just now Antonyms: luxuriant, superabundant, abundant, plenteous, torrential, plethoric, overabundant, abounding, copious, galore(ip), long, rife, profuse, thick, teeming, riotous, voluminous, ample, rank, rich, plentiful, exuberant, easy, rampant, lush, verdant
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'scarce'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. scarce Unique is alone of its kind; rare is infrequent of its kind; great poems are rare; "Paradise Lost" is unique. To say of a thing that it is rare is simply to affirm that it is now seldom f Synonyms: rare, curious, odd, scarce, unique, extraordinary, peculiar, singular, unparalleled, incomparable, precious, strange, unprecedented, infrequent, remarkable, uncommon, unusual
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