Antonyms for paucity
ˈpɔ sɪ tipauci·ty

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1. paucitynoun

   Synonyms:
   scantiness, scarcity, dearth

2. paucitynoun

   Fewness in number; too few.

   Synonyms:
   scarcity, scantiness, dearth

3. paucitynoun

   A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.

   Synonyms:
   scantiness, scarcity, dearth

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. paucity

   Antonyms:
   frequency, quantity, number, abundance

   Synonyms:
   rarity, scantity, fewness, deficiency, lack

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1. • Scarcity

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dearth, paucitynoun

   an insufficient quantity or number

   Synonyms:
   shortage, dearth, famine

How to use paucity in a sentence?

1. Jonathan Turley:

   I am concerned about lowering impeachment standards to fit a paucity of evidence and an abundance of anger. I believe this impeachment not only fails to satisfy the standard of past impeachments but would create a dangerous precedent for future impeachments.

2. Mark Vitner:

   We continue to believe that the housing market will be one of the bright spots for the domestic economy in 2016 ... reflecting stronger job growth, increased household formations and the current paucity of supply, particularly in the new home market, expectations that interest rates are likely to remain lower for longer should also support demand.

3. Norman Mailer:

   The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation.

4. F.M. Faber Jr.:

   It is quoted that someone once baked 'four and twenty blackbirds in a single pie': Was the number of blackbirds determined by game-management officials, or simply a paucity in the hunter's bag?

5. Jeffrey Flocken:

   The thought that the only way we can come up with to save the species is to kill them -- that, I would say, we are in a situation where there's a paucity of imaginative thinking. instead of killing it, they can be moved to a different area, be used to bring in photo tourism or eco-tourism -- something that doesn't kill the animal. People pay good money to go to Africa to see species like rhinos, and instead of just killing one for a quick monetary gain for a vainglorious American, it can be moved around to a different area if it is a problem with the herd.

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