Synonyms for sparse
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
thin, scanty, scarce, scattered, poor, scant, meager US CA, meagre UK, infrequent, insufficient, diffuse, rare, slender, paltry, lean, distributed, spread out, lank, inadequate, skimpy, stingy
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having widely spaced intervals.
a sparse array, index, or matrix
Related words
- Word family
- sparsely sparseness sparsity sparge
Example sentences
- scattered The farmer scattered the wheat seeds in the field.
- scarce When goods are scarce, sellers have the advantage.
- scant Your message was scant on details.
- scanty The rice crop was scanty this year.
By length
- 4 letters
- poor1, rare1, thin1, lean1, lank1
- 5 letters
- scant1
- 6 letters
- scarce1, meager2, stingy2, meagre, paltry2, skimpy2, scanty2
- 7 letters
- slender2, diffuse2
- 9 letters
- scattered2
- 10 letters
- inadequate4, infrequent3
- 11 letters
- distributed4
- 12 letters
- insufficient4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (meager2 = 2 syllables).