Synonyms for scantiness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Lack
lack, paucity, exiguity, scantness, meagerness US, meagreness UK, poverty, meanness, thinness, leanness, infrequency, poorness
2. Deficiency
want, deficiency, scarcity, dearth, insufficiency, shortage, inadequacy
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being scanty.
- n. 2
The result or product of being scanty.
Forms
- Plural
- scantinesses → lacks, paucities, exiguities, meagernesses…
Example sentences
- lack I had to leave out this problem for lack of space.
- paucity There was also a general paucity of trained operatives.
- deficiency AIDS means "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome".
- scarcity Water scarcity has become more common in Algeria.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| scantiness | falling | |
| lack | steady | |
| paucity | falling | |
| exiguity | rising | |
| scantness | steady | |
| deficiency | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- want1, lack1
- 6 letters
- dearth1
- 7 letters
- poverty3, paucity3, fewness
- 8 letters
- shortage2, scarcity3, meanness2, thinness2, leanness, poorness, exiguity
- 9 letters
- scantness
- 10 letters
- deficiency4, inadequacy5, narrowness3, meagerness, meagreness, skimpiness
- 11 letters
- infrequency4
- 13 letters
- insufficiency5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (poverty3 = 3 syllables).