What are the opposite words for plenty?
Plenty is a word that denotes a large amount, abundance or surplus of something. When we look for antonyms for plenty, we find words that represent scarcity, inadequacy or insufficiency. Some of the antonyms for plenty are scarcity, lack, famine, shortage, deficit, dearth, poverty and want. Scarcity refers to a shortage of something, whereas lack denotes when there is an absence of something. Famine implies a shortage of food, while shortage and deficit refer to an insufficient supply of something. Dearth indicates a scarcity of something important, and poverty refers to a state of lacking basic necessities. Want is used to describe the absence of something desired or needed. All these words represent the opposite of plenty and highlight the absence or scarcity of something.
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- abandonment
- absence
- desire
- difficulty
- weakness
- shortage
- poverty
- loss
- imperfection
- failure
- requirement
- hunger
- insufficiency
- lack
- comfort
- dearth
- default
- defect
- distress
- flaw
- inadequacy
- incompetency
- misery
- misplacement
- need
- starvation
- abundance
- adequacy
- deficiency
- deprivation
- exigency
- hardship
- inability
- incapability
- plenty
- tergiversation
- want
- nonfeasance
- insolvency
- deficit
- drought
- insufficiency, scarcity
- failure; want
- blemish, imperfection
- imperfection, inadequacy
- shortage of something needed, required
- defection
- hardship, adversity
- small amount
- pittance
- dryness; shortage of supply
- lack of success
- paucity
- famine
- physical defect
- personal burden
- shortage, defect, inability
- deficiency, need
- misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost
- trouble, disaster
- want, requirement
- lack, scarcity
- want; extreme need, often financial
- weak point
- deficit; imperfection
- defect, proneness
- ample
- bountiful
- copious
- exhausted
- exiguous
- meager
- abundant
- measly
- paltry
- scanty
- skimpy
- plentiful/plenty
- extremely tired
- poor; worthless
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- abandonment
- absence
- desire
- difficulty
-
weakness
- faintness,
- inconstancy,
- invalidity,
- vitiation,
- inconstancies,
- chink armor,
- chink in armor,
- faintnesses,
- in constancies,
- in constancy,
- in decision,
- in decisions,
- in stability,
- in validity,
- in-constancies,
- in-constancy,
- in-decision,
- in-decisions,
- in-stabilities,
- in-stability,
- in-validities,
- invalidities,
- sore point,
- vitiations.
- shortage
- poverty
-
loss
- losings,
- misplacement,
- de bit,
- de bits,
- de-bit,
- de-bits,
- dis advantage,
- dis advantages,
- dis appearance,
- dis appearances,
- dis possession,
- dis possessions,
- dis-advantage,
- dis-advantages,
- dis-appearance,
- dis-appearances,
- dis-possession,
- dis-possessions,
- mis laying,
- mis placing,
- mis-laying,
- mis-placing,
- mislayings,
- misplacings,
- squanderings,
- un doing,
- un doings,
- un-doing,
- un-doings.
- imperfection
-
failure
- implosion,
- insolvency,
- nonfeasance,
- nonperformance,
- nonsuccess,
- Non-performance,
- de cay,
- de cays,
- de cline,
- de clines,
- de feat,
- de feats,
- de-cay,
- de-cays,
- de-cline,
- de-clines,
- de-feat,
- de-feats,
- flash in pan,
- flash the pan,
- implosions,
- lead balloon,
- lead balloons,
- mis adventure,
- mis adventures,
- mis carriage,
- mis carriages,
- mis steps,
- mis-adventure,
- mis-adventures,
- mis-carriages,
- non performance,
- non performances,
- non success,
- non successes,
- non-successes,
- nonperformances,
- nonsuccesses,
- over throw,
- over throws,
- over-throw,
- over-throws,
- sinking ship,
- sinking ships,
- total loss,
- total losses.
-
requirement
- imperatives,
- vital part,
- ex action,
- ex actions,
- ex-action,
- ex-actions,
- pre condition,
- pre conditions,
- pre occupation,
- pre occupations,
- pre possessions,
- pre requisites,
- pre-condition,
- pre-conditions,
- pre-occupation,
- pre-occupations,
- pre-possessions,
- pre-requisite,
- pre-requisites,
- pro vision,
- pro visions,
- pro viso,
- pro-vision,
- pro-visions,
- pro-viso,
- pro-visos,
- vital parts.
- hunger
- insufficiency
- lack
- comfort
- dearth
- default
- defect
- distress
- flaw
-
inadequacy
- defectiveness,
- faultiness,
- inadequateness,
- inaptness,
- skimpiness,
- defectivenesses,
- faultinesses,
- in adequacies,
- in adequacy,
- in adequateness,
- in adequatenesses,
- in aptness,
- in aptnesses,
- in capacity,
- in competence,
- in effectiveness,
- in effectivenesses,
- in effectualness,
- in effectualnesses,
- in efficacies,
- in efficacy,
- in efficiencies,
- in efficiency,
- in-adequacies,
- in-adequacy,
- in-adequateness,
- in-adequatenesses,
- in-aptness,
- in-aptnesses,
- in-capacities,
- in-capacity,
- in-competences,
- in-completenesses,
- in-effectiveness,
- in-effectivenesses,
- in-effectualness,
- in-efficacies,
- in-efficacy,
- in-efficiencies,
- in-efficiency,
- inadequatenesses,
- inaptnesses,
- skimpinesses,
- un fitness,
- un fitnesses,
- un suitableness,
- un suitablenesses,
- un-fitness,
- un-fitnesses,
- un-suitableness,
- un-suitablenesses.
- incompetency
- misery
- misplacement
- need
- starvation
- abundance
- adequacy
- deficiency
- deprivation
- exigency
- hardship
- inability
-
incapability
- inaptitude,
- ineptness,
- inutility,
- Incapacitation,
- inutilities,
- dis qualification,
- dis qualifications,
- dis-qualification,
- dis-qualifications,
- in aptitude,
- in capability,
- in capacitation,
- in capacitations,
- in utilities,
- in utility,
- in-aptitude,
- in-aptitudes,
- in-capabilities,
- in-capability,
- in-capacitation,
- in-utilities,
- in-utility,
- inaptitudes,
- incapacitations.
- plenty
- tergiversation
- want
- nonfeasance
- insolvency
- deficit
- drought
- insufficiency, scarcity
- failure; want
- blemish, imperfection
- imperfection, inadequacy
- shortage of something needed, required
- defection
- hardship, adversity
- small amount
- pittance
- dryness; shortage of supply
- lack of success
- paucity
- famine
- physical defect
- personal burden
- shortage, defect, inability
-
deficiency, need
- lack.
-
misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost
- loss.
- trouble, disaster
-
want, requirement
- need.
- lack, scarcity
- want; extreme need, often financial
- weak point
- deficit; imperfection
- defect, proneness
- ample
- bountiful
- copious
-
exhausted
- all in,
- dog-tired,
- had it,
- ready to drop,
- at an end,
- all gone,
- at end,
- bone weary,
- bone-weary,
- boneweary,
- dead tired,
- dog tired,
- dogtired,
- ex pended,
- ex-pended,
- more bone weary,
- more bone-weary,
- more consumed,
- more dog-tired,
- more dogtired,
- more expended,
- more frazzled,
- more prostrated,
- more sapped,
- more shot,
- more squandered,
- most bone weary,
- most bone-weary,
- most boneweary,
- most consumed,
- most dog tired,
- most dog-tired,
- most dogtired,
- most expended,
- most frazzled,
- most sapped,
- most shot,
- most squandered,
- out on one feet,
- out on one's feet,
- out on ones feet,
- out one feet,
- out ones feet,
- outta gas,
- ready drop,
- washed out,
- washedout.
- exiguous
-
meager
- beanstalk,
- broomstick,
- meager,
- scraggy,
- scrimpy,
- skin and bones,
- scraggiest,
- in considerable,
- in fertile,
- in substantial,
- in-considerable,
- in-fertile,
- in-substantial,
- in-sufficient,
- more beanpole,
- more beanstalk,
- more broomstick,
- more rattleboned,
- more stinted,
- most beanpole,
- most beanstalk,
- most broomstick,
- most rattleboned,
- most stinted,
- rattleboned,
- scraggier,
- scrimper,
- scrimpest,
- scrimpier,
- scrimpiest,
- skimper,
- skimpest,
- too little too late,
- un finished,
- un fruitful,
- un productive,
- un-finished,
- un-fruitful,
- un-productive.
- abundant
- measly
- paltry
- scanty
- skimpy
- plentiful/plenty
- extremely tired
- poor; worthless
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Other relevant words
- peanuts,
- absence,
- bit,
- couple,
- crumb,
- crunch,
- dearth,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- dram,
- driblet,
- drought,
- failure,
- famine,
- few,
- glimmer,
- handful,
- inadequacy,
- inadequateness,
- insufficiency,
- lack,
- lacuna,
- lick,
- mite,
- need,
- nip,
- ounce,
- particle,
- paucity,
- poverty,
- ray,
- scantiness,
- scarceness,
- scarcity,
- scatter,
- scattering,
- scintilla,
- scruple,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shortage,
- shred,
- smack,
- smatter,
- smattering,
- smidgen,
- soupcon,
- spark,
- spatter,
- speck,
- spot,
- sprinkle,
- sprinkling,
- strain,
- streak,
- suspicion,
- tad,
- touch,
- trace,
- want,
- skosh,
- undersupply,
- bare,
- barren,
- deficient,
- inadequate,
- infertile,
- insufficient,
- lacking,
- least,
- light,
- meager,
- minimal,
- minimum,
- niggardly,
- scant,
- skimpy,
- slight,
- small,
- spare,
- sterile,
- stingy,
- unfruitful,
- unproductive,
- wanting.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
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- Antonyms:
- aid, discourage, dissuade.
