Scant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /skænt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Scant is an adjective meaning Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
Meaning
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
More Meanings
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
- (cooking, of a measurement) Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described.
- (transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.
- (intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.
- Very little, very few.
- A small piece or quantity.
- (uncommon) Scarcity; lack.
Example Sentences
Scant not my cups.
a scant cup of sugar
Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.
His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.
Word Forms
- scanter
- scantest
- scants
- scanting
- scanted
Synonyms for scant
Depending on context, synonyms include geason, little, few, slight, sparse, spare.
Antonyms for scant
Common opposites include ample, plenty.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deficient, insufficient, short, stint, skimp, light.
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