What are the opposite words for sufficient?
Sufficient, meaning enough or adequate, has a few antonyms that refer to inadequacy or insufficiency. Insufficient is the most common antonym of sufficient, and it means insufficient or inadequate. Inadequate is another antonym that's similar, but it emphasizes incomplete or unsatisfactory rather than just not enough. Meager is another antonym that means lacking in quantity, especially when referring to limited resources or money. Scant, meager, and paltry are other antonyms that express a lack of sufficiency. Conversely, plentiful, abundant, and copious are antonyms that suggest plenty or more than enough, and are the opposite of insufficient or inadequate.
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- short
- absent
- weak
- small
- poor
- failing
- limited
- low
- little
- incomplete
- lacking
- deficient
- insufficient
- useless
- inadequate
- incapable
- meager
- no-account
- shy
- sketchy
- up in the air
- defective
- empty
- gone
- inconclusive
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- measly
- miserable
- missing
- nervous
- paltry
- rare
- scarce
- skimpy
- sparse
- thin
- unsatisfactory
- void
- worthless
- all
- anxious, fearful
- without covering or content
- scant/scanty
- bare
- wanting
- slender/slim
- unable
- broken, not working
- faulty
- imperfect, inadequate
- not well, weak
- not working; incorrect
- not present, no longer in existence
- defective, insufficient, incompetent
- wanting, deficient
- small in size, amount
- reduced; mediocre
- destitute, shabby
- gone, absent
- poor; worthless
- lacking sufficient money
- exceptional, infrequent
- insufficient, infrequent
- quiet and self-conscious
- rough, incomplete
- sparse, inadequate
- tiny in size, quantity
- very few and scattered
- enough, adequate
- deficient, weak
- not having talent, skill
- insufficient, inadequate
- not strong
- Other relevant words
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short
- in a nutshell,
- not long,
- pint-sized,
- pocket-sized,
- runty,
- sawed-off,
- short,
- shortest,
- Curtate,
- shorthanded,
- decurtate,
- Unsustained,
- bad tempered,
- badtempered,
- boiled down,
- breviloquent,
- close ground,
- close the ground,
- close to ground,
- close to the ground,
- compendiary,
- cut bone,
- cut the bone,
- cut to bone,
- cut to the bone,
- de creased,
- de curtate,
- de-creased,
- de-curtate,
- in nutshell,
- low on,
- more abbreviate,
- more abbreviated,
- more breviloquent,
- more compendiary,
- more compressed,
- more curtailed,
- more curtate,
- more decreased,
- more decurtate,
- more lessened,
- more pint sized,
- more pint-sized,
- more pocket sized,
- more sawed-off,
- more sawedoff,
- more summarized,
- more unprolonged,
- most abbreviate,
- most abbreviated,
- most breviloquent,
- most compressed,
- most curtailed,
- most curtate,
- most decreased,
- most decurtate,
- most lessened,
- most pint sized,
- most pint-sized,
- most pocket sized,
- most pocket-sized,
- most pocketsized,
- most sawed off,
- most sawed-off,
- most sawedoff,
- most summarized,
- most unsustained,
- not protracted,
- pint sized,
- pocket sized,
- pocketsized,
- runtier,
- runtiest,
- sawed off,
- sawedoff,
- short handed,
- short spoken,
- short sweet,
- short tempered,
- short term,
- shortspoken,
- shorttempered,
- squattier,
- squattiest,
- un civil,
- un gracious,
- un prolonged,
- un sustained,
- un-ceremonious,
- un-civil,
- un-gracious,
- un-prolonged,
- un-sustained.
- absent
-
weak
- forceless,
- runny,
- unaccented,
- wimpy,
- Fluctuant,
- Woundable,
- runnier,
- runniest,
- weakest,
- faint-hearted,
- milk-and-water,
- faint hearted,
- in audible,
- in defensible,
- in distinct,
- in secure,
- in securer,
- in securest,
- in-audible,
- in-defensible,
- in-distinct,
- in-secure,
- in-securer,
- in-securest,
- laid back,
- laidback,
- more bated,
- more faint hearted,
- more faint-hearted,
- more fluctuant,
- more forceless,
- more milk and water,
- more stifled,
- more unaccented,
- more unstressed,
- more woundable,
- more zero,
- most bated,
- most faint hearted,
- most fluctuant,
- most forceless,
- most milk and water,
- most stifled,
- most unaccented,
- most unstressed,
- most woundable,
- most zero,
- un accented,
- un dependable,
- un guarded,
- un prepared,
- un safe,
- un safer,
- un safest,
- un stable,
- un stabler,
- un stablest,
- un steadier,
- un steadiest,
- un steady,
- un stressed,
- un sure,
- un trained,
- un-accented,
- un-dependable,
- un-guarded,
- un-prepared,
- un-protected,
- un-safe,
- un-safer,
- un-safest,
- un-stable,
- un-stabler,
- un-stablest,
- un-steadier,
- un-steadiest,
- un-stressed,
- un-sure,
- un-trained,
- wide open,
- wideopen,
- wimpiest,
- wishy washy,
- wishywashy.
- small
-
poor
- moneyless,
- subnormal,
- Beggared,
- Fortuneless,
- Commiserable,
- poorer,
- in want,
- in need,
- behind eight ball,
- dirt poor,
- down and out,
- empty handed,
- emptyhanded,
- flat broke,
- ill fated,
- illfated,
- in disposed,
- in firm,
- in firmer,
- in firmest,
- in solvent,
- in-disposed,
- in-firmer,
- in-firmest,
- in-solvent,
- more beggared,
- more commiserable,
- more dwarfed,
- more empty handed,
- more emptyhanded,
- more fortuneless,
- more moneyless,
- more pauperized,
- more pinched,
- more subpar,
- more suffering,
- most beggared,
- most commiserable,
- most dwarfed,
- most empty handed,
- most empty-handed,
- most emptyhanded,
- most fortuneless,
- most moneyless,
- most pauperized,
- most pinched,
- most subnormal,
- most subpar,
- stone broke,
- subpar,
- truly needy,
- un luckier,
- un luckiest,
- un lucky,
- un-luckier,
- un-lucky,
- under privileged,
- under-privileged.
- failing
-
limited
- limited,
- de fined,
- de limited,
- de terminate,
- de-fined,
- de-limited,
- de-terminate,
- more checked,
- more circumscribed,
- more curbed,
- more defined,
- more delimited,
- more diminished,
- more hampered,
- most checked,
- most circumscribed,
- most defined,
- most delimited,
- most diminished,
- most hampered,
- most minimal,
- re served,
- re strained,
- re-served,
- re-strained.
-
low
- cut rate,
- marked down,
- cut-rate,
- cutrate,
- in expensive,
- in significant,
- in-expensive,
- low grade,
- lowgrade,
- more cut,
- more cut rate,
- more cut-rate,
- more slashed,
- more uncostly,
- most cut,
- most cut rate,
- most cutrate,
- most slashed,
- most uncostly,
- sub standard,
- sub-standard,
- un costly,
- un-costly,
- uncostly.
- little
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incomplete
- unconsummated,
- Parter,
- Unaccomplished,
- under construction,
- half-done,
- half done,
- halfdone,
- in complete,
- in-coherent,
- in-complete,
- more abridged,
- more garbled,
- more half done,
- more half-done,
- more halfdone,
- more unaccomplished,
- more unconsummated,
- more unexecuted,
- most abridged,
- most expurgated,
- most garbled,
- most half done,
- most half-done,
- most halfdone,
- most unconsummated,
- most unexecuted,
- partest,
- un consummated,
- un done,
- un executed,
- un polished,
- un-accomplished,
- un-consummated,
- un-developed,
- un-executed.
- lacking
-
deficient
- incomplete,
- rarest,
- unassembled,
- found wanting,
- not enough,
- in frequent,
- in-frequent,
- more flawed,
- more marred,
- more unassembled,
- most flawed,
- most marred,
- most unassembled,
- not cut out for,
- not make it,
- not scratch,
- not to scratch,
- not up scratch,
- not up to scratch,
- outta gas,
- third string,
- un assembled,
- un equal,
- un-assembled,
- un-equal.
- insufficient
- useless
-
inadequate
- impotent,
- incapable,
- niggardly,
- scanty,
- too little,
- bushleague,
- glitcher,
- glitchest,
- in adequate,
- in apter,
- in aptest,
- in commensurate,
- in competent,
- in considerable,
- in substantial,
- in-adequate,
- in-apter,
- in-aptest,
- in-commensurate,
- in-competent,
- in-considerable,
- in-substantial,
- junkest,
- more niggardly,
- more stinted,
- most niggardly,
- most stinted,
- un productive,
- un qualified,
- un-productive,
- un-qualified.
-
incapable
- uncool,
- unequipped,
- not equal to,
- dis qualified,
- dis-qualified,
- in capable,
- in experienced,
- in expert,
- in-capable,
- in-experienced,
- in-expert,
- in-proficient,
- inproficient,
- more butterfingers,
- more disqualified,
- more uncool,
- more unequipped,
- most butterfingers,
- most inproficient,
- most uncool,
- most unequipped,
- not up to,
- un cool,
- un equipped,
- un skilled,
- un skillful,
- un suited,
- un-cool,
- un-equipped,
- un-skilled,
- un-skillful,
- un-suited.
-
meager
- beanstalk,
- broomstick,
- meager,
- scant,
- scraggy,
- scrimpy,
- skin and bones,
- scraggiest,
- in fertile,
- in-fertile,
- more beanpole,
- more beanstalk,
- more broomstick,
- more rattleboned,
- most beanpole,
- most beanstalk,
- most broomstick,
- most rattleboned,
- rattleboned,
- scraggier,
- scrimper,
- scrimpest,
- scrimpier,
- scrimpiest,
- skimper,
- skimpest,
- un fruitful,
- un-fruitful.
-
no-account
- counterproductive,
- Drossy,
- counter productive,
- counter-productive,
- drossier,
- drossiest,
- good for nothing,
- in utile,
- in-utile,
- more good for nothing,
- more nothing,
- more profitless,
- most good for nothing,
- most good-for-nothing,
- most nothing,
- most profitless,
- noaccount,
- nogood,
- un essential,
- un usable,
- un-essential,
- un-usable.
-
shy
- unassertive,
- unassured,
- uneager,
- unsocial,
- de mure,
- de-mure,
- dis inclined,
- dis trustful,
- dis-inclined,
- dis-trustful,
- more unassertive,
- more uneffusive,
- more unsocial,
- most introvert,
- most unassured,
- most uneager,
- most unsocial,
- re tiring,
- re-tiring,
- self effacing,
- selfeffacing,
- un assertive,
- un assured,
- un eager,
- un effusive,
- un responsive,
- un social,
- un willing,
- un-assertive,
- un-assured,
- un-eager,
- un-effusive,
- un-responsive,
- un-social,
- un-willing,
- uneffusive.
- sketchy
- up in the air
- defective
-
empty
- empty,
- insincere,
- meaningless,
- trivial,
- unfed,
- void,
- de spoiled,
- de-spoiled,
- dis honest,
- dis-honest,
- in expressive,
- in sincere,
- in sincerer,
- in sincerest,
- in sipid,
- in-expressive,
- in-sincere,
- in-sincerer,
- in-sincerest,
- in-sipid,
- more despoiled,
- more evacuated,
- more unfed,
- most despoiled,
- most evacuated,
- most unfed,
- un filled,
- un inhabited,
- un intelligent,
- un occupied,
- un real,
- un substantial,
- un-filled,
- un-inhabited,
- un-intelligent,
- un-occupied,
- un-real,
- un-substantial,
- wastest.
-
gone
- no more,
- nonextant,
- run off,
- burned up,
- not here,
- de camped,
- de ceased,
- de parted,
- de-camped,
- de-ceased,
- de-parted,
- dis appeared,
- dis integrated,
- dis placed,
- dis solved,
- dis-appeared,
- dis-integrated,
- dis-placed,
- dis-solved,
- down drain,
- dried up,
- more decamped,
- more dissolved,
- more elapsed,
- more flown,
- more nonextant,
- more passed,
- more quit,
- more runoff,
- more shifted,
- most consumed,
- most disappeared,
- most disintegrated,
- most elapsed,
- most flown,
- most nonextant,
- most passed,
- most quit,
- most run off,
- most shifted,
- most split,
- non extant,
- non-extant,
- not a sign of,
- not sign of,
- out the window,
- out window,
- re tired,
- run-off,
- taken a powder,
- taken leave,
- taken powder,
- turned to dust,
- with drawn,
- with-drawn.
- inconclusive
-
ineffective
- anticlimactic,
- defeasible,
- no way,
- anti climactic,
- anti-climactic,
- de feasible,
- de-feasible,
- in effective,
- in nocuous,
- in-effective,
- in-nocuous,
- more anticlimactic,
- more defeasible,
- more emasculate,
- more neutralized,
- more slack spined,
- more slack-spined,
- more slackspined,
- most anticlimactic,
- most defeasible,
- most emasculate,
- most neutralized,
- most slack-spined,
- most slackspined,
- no go,
- not effective,
- slack spined,
- slackspined,
- un profitable.
- ineffectual
- measly
- miserable
- missing
- nervous
- paltry
-
rare
- recherche,
- Unfrequent,
- Subtile,
- few and far between,
- extra ordinary,
- extra-ordinary,
- unheard of,
- few far between,
- in conceivable,
- in-conceivable,
- more attenuate,
- more attenuated,
- more recherche,
- more seldom,
- more semioccasional,
- more unfrequent,
- most attenuate,
- most attenuated,
- most recherche,
- most seldom,
- most semioccasional,
- most unfrequent,
- out of ordinary,
- out ordinary,
- semi occasional,
- semi-occasional,
- semioccasional,
- sub tile,
- sub tiler,
- sub-tile,
- subtiler,
- subtilest,
- un common,
- un commoner,
- un commonest,
- un frequent,
- un imaginable,
- un likelier,
- un likeliest,
- un likely,
- un thinkable,
- un usual,
- un wonted,
- un-common,
- un-commoner,
- un-frequent,
- un-imaginable,
- un-likelier,
- un-likely,
- un-thinkable,
- un-usual,
- un-wonted.
- scarce
- skimpy
- sparse
-
thin
- unpersuasive,
- in credible,
- in-credible,
- more stretched,
- more unpersuasive,
- more weak kneed,
- more weak-kneed,
- more weakkneed,
- most stretched,
- most unpersuasive,
- most weak-kneed,
- most weakkneed,
- trans parent,
- trans-parent,
- un believable,
- un persuasive,
- un tenable,
- un-believable,
- un-persuasive,
- un-tenable,
- weak kneed,
- weakkneed.
-
unsatisfactory
- not good enough,
- dis appointing,
- dis concerting,
- dis pleasing,
- dis quieting,
- dis-appointing,
- dis-concerting,
- dis-pleasing,
- dis-quieting,
- for birds,
- for the birds,
- junkier,
- junkiest,
- more disconcerting,
- more vexing,
- most disconcerting,
- most vexing,
- not par,
- not to par,
- not up par,
- not up to par,
- un acceptable,
- un desirable,
- un satisfactory,
- un suitable,
- un welcome,
- un worthier,
- un worthiest,
- un worthy,
- un-acceptable,
- un-desirable,
- un-satisfactory,
- un-suitable,
- un-worthier,
- un-worthiest,
- up setting,
- up-setting.
- void
- worthless
- all
- anxious, fearful
-
without covering or content
- bare.
- scant/scanty
- bare
- wanting
- slender/slim
-
unable
- not able,
- sidelined,
- can't make grade,
- can't make the grade,
- cant hack it,
- cant make grade,
- cant make the grade,
- in capacitated,
- in efficacious,
- in efficient,
- in operative,
- in-capacitated,
- in-efficacious,
- in-efficient,
- in-operative,
- more hog tied,
- more hog-tied,
- more hogtied,
- more impuissant,
- more sidelined,
- most hog tied,
- most hog-tied,
- most hogtied,
- most impuissant,
- most sidelined,
- no good,
- out commission,
- un abler,
- un ablest,
- un-abler,
- un-ablest.
- broken, not working
- faulty
- imperfect, inadequate
- not well, weak
- not working; incorrect
-
not present, no longer in existence
- gone.
- defective, insufficient, incompetent
- wanting, deficient
- small in size, amount
-
reduced; mediocre
- low.
- destitute, shabby
- gone, absent
- poor; worthless
-
lacking sufficient money
- poor.
-
exceptional, infrequent
- rare.
- insufficient, infrequent
-
quiet and self-conscious
- shy.
- rough, incomplete
- sparse, inadequate
- tiny in size, quantity
- very few and scattered
- enough, adequate
-
deficient, weak
- thin.
- not having talent, skill
- insufficient, inadequate
-
not strong
- weak.
- Other relevant words
Antonym of the day
doth to a turn
- Antonyms:
- abstain, avoid, bear.
