What are the opposite words for plentiful?
Antonyms for the word "plentiful" refer to the opposite of abundance or excess. They include words such as scarce, insufficient, inadequate, limited, inadequate, meager, sparse, and scanty. Some other antonyms for "plentiful" are shortage, dearth, paucity, want, deficiency, scantiness, insufficiency, deprivation, and scarcity. These words indicate a state of lack, scarcity or inadequacy, and are often used to describe situations where something is in short supply, or not enough to meet demands. It is essential to understand such antonyms, as they provide an opportunity to expand our vocabulary while also enabling one to express ideas accurately and clearly.
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- inadequate
- meager
- abundant
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fruitless
- in vain,
- ineffective,
- profitless,
- sterile,
- Gainless,
- unprolific,
- to no avail,
- in effective,
- in effectual,
- in fertile,
- in-effective,
- in-effectual,
- in-fertile,
- more gainless,
- more ineffective,
- more profitless,
- more unprolific,
- most gainless,
- most profitless,
- most unprolific,
- no avail,
- no effect,
- spinning one wheels,
- spinning one's wheels,
- spinning ones wheels,
- spinning wheels,
- to no effect,
- un available,
- un availing,
- un fruitful,
- un productive,
- un profitable,
- un prolific,
- un successful,
- un-available,
- un-availing,
- un-fruitful,
- un-productive,
- un-profitable,
- un-prolific,
- un-successful.
- impoverished
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scarce
- few,
- at a premium,
- in short supply,
- few and far between,
- at premium,
- few far between,
- more seldom,
- more semioccasional,
- more shortened,
- more truncated,
- most seldom,
- most semioccasional,
- most shortened,
- most truncated,
- seldom met with,
- semi occasional,
- semi-occasional,
- semioccasional,
- un common,
- un commoner,
- un commonest,
- un usual,
- un-common,
- un-commoner,
- un-usual.
- sparse
- scant/scanty
- bringing no advantage, product
- poor, exhausted
- insufficient, infrequent
- very few and scattered
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
yesperson
- Antonyms:
- adversary, antagonist, boss.
