Synonyms for scrimpy

Most common

spare · stingy · paltry · scanty

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   scanty; meagre

Example sentences

• spare I often read comic books in my spare time at work.
• stingy Shylock is greedy, and what is worse, very stingy.
• paltry These shoes cost me the paltry sum of ten euros.
• scanty The rice crop was scanty this year.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

spare¹

6 letters

meager², stingy², meagre, paltry², scanty²

8 letters

exiguous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (meager² = 2 syllables).