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Synonyms for skimpy

  • adjective

Most common

scanty scant thin lean

All synonyms

Adjective

scanty, scant, thin, meager US CA, meagre UK, lean, poor, inadequate, insufficient, skimp, deficient, sparse, slender, scarce, jejune

Antonyms

plentiful, ample, abundant

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Small or inadequate; not generous; diminutive.

    They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.

Related words

Word family
skimpily skimpiness

Example sentences

  • inadequate At times like this, words are woefully inadequate.
  • insufficient Due to insufficient sales, many shops are closed.
  • scant Your message was scant on details.
  • scanty The rice crop was scanty this year.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
skimpyrising
inadequatefalling
insufficientfalling
scantrising
scantyfalling

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

By length

4 letters
poor1, thin1, lean1
5 letters
scant1, skimp1
6 letters
scarce1, sparse1, meager2, meagre, scanty2, jejune2
7 letters
slender2
9 letters
deficient3
10 letters
inadequate4
12 letters
insufficient4

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