Meager

Quick meaning: Meager is an adjective meaning Having little flesh; lean; thin.

Meaning

Having little flesh; lean; thin.

More Meanings

1. Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
2. (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
3. (American spelling, transitive) To make lean.
4. (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.

Example Sentences

A meager piece of cake in one bite.

The street outside my window furnishes meager entertainment.

Making the run from Taipei to Panchiao every day to sell the gold-colored paper, he scraped together a meager livelihood.

Nor none of thee thou pale and common drudge tween man and man: but thou, thou meager lead which rather threatnest then dost promise ought.

Word Forms

• meagerer
• meagerest
• meagre
• meagers
• meagering
• meagered

Synonyms for meager

Depending on context, synonyms include paltry, scanty, inadequate, measly, miserly, exiguous.

Antonyms for meager

Common opposites include dense, ample.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include exiguous, scrimpy, scanty, spare, paltry, hand-to-mouth.

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