What is another word for meager?
Pronunciation:
[ mˈiːɡə], [ mˈiːɡə], [ m_ˈiː_ɡ_ə]
Related words: toil in meager conditions, meager living conditions, spend meager income, financial difficulties, a meager existence
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Synonyms for Meager:
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adj.
• deficient- flawed ,
- found wanting ,
- not cut out for ,
- not enough ,
- not make it ,
- not up to scratch ,
- outta gas ,
- unassembled ,
- amiss ,
- damaged ,
- faulty ,
- impaired ,
- inferior ,
- injured ,
- marred ,
- rarest ,
- second fiddle ,
- second string ,
- shy ,
- third string ,
- unequal ,
- unsatisfactory .
- curmudgeonly ,
- frugal ,
- money-saving ,
- niggardly ,
- on the rims ,
- penny-wise ,
- pennypinching ,
- pennywise ,
- prudential ,
- time-saving ,
- timesaving ,
- unwasteful ,
- work-saving ,
- avaricious ,
- canny ,
- chary ,
- circumspect ,
- cost-effective ,
- efficient ,
- methodical ,
- practical ,
- provident ,
- prudent ,
- saving ,
- watchful .
- Unfrequent ,
- not too many ,
- scarcely any ,
- semioccasional ,
- widely spaced ,
- less ,
- minority ,
- not many ,
- occasional ,
- scattering ,
- seldom ,
- some ,
- sporadic ,
- straggling ,
- uncommon .
- Parter ,
- Unaccomplished ,
- half done ,
- half-done ,
- unconsummated ,
- under construction ,
- Unexecuted ,
- fragmentary .
- Floatable ,
- Gossamery ,
- Imponderous ,
- featherweight ,
- light-footed ,
- tissuelike ,
- frothy ,
- lightest ,
- unheavy .
- Toyer ,
- brief ,
- compact ,
- concise ,
- delicate ,
- diminutive ,
- few ,
- hardly any ,
- mini ,
- minute ,
- not big ,
- not large ,
- puny ,
- short ,
- shrimpy ,
- smallish ,
- snubber ,
- succinct ,
- under-sized ,
- junior ,
- least .
- Beggared ,
- Fortuneless ,
- SUBPAR. ,
- beggarly ,
- behind eight ball ,
- dirt poor ,
- down and out ,
- flat broke ,
- in need ,
- in want ,
- stone broke ,
- truly needy ,
- unprosperous ,
- empty-handed ,
- poorer ,
- subnormal .
- baby ,
- bantam ,
- bitty ,
- dwarfish ,
- itty-bitty ,
- microscopic ,
- miniature ,
- minimal ,
- minor ,
- modest ,
- negligible ,
- nugatory ,
- petite ,
- piddling ,
- pocket-sized ,
- scant ,
- scrawny ,
- shrimp ,
- shrimper ,
- slim ,
- sparing ,
- teensy ,
- teeny ,
- teeny-weeny ,
- tiny ,
- toy ,
- trifling ,
- ungenerous ,
- wee ,
- weeny .
- Hard-fisted ,
- abstemious ,
- ascetic ,
- austere ,
- cheeseparing ,
- closefisted ,
- mean ,
- narrow-fisted ,
- parsimonious ,
- penny-pinching ,
- petty ,
- spartan ,
- thrifty ,
- tight .
- decrepit ,
- diaphanous ,
- fragile ,
- frail ,
- gauzy ,
- gossamer ,
- infirm ,
- rickety ,
- shaky ,
- slapdash ,
- sleazy ,
- tacky ,
- transparent ,
- unsound ,
- unsubstantial ,
- wobbly .
- de solate ,
- de-solate ,
- forbidding ,
- more skeleton ,
- most skeleton ,
- peakier ,
- peakiest ,
- scraggier ,
- skin bones .
- bushleague ,
- glitcher ,
- glitchest ,
- impotent ,
- in adequate ,
- in appreciable ,
- in apter ,
- in aptest ,
- in capable ,
- in commensurate ,
- in competent ,
- in-adequate ,
- in-appreciable ,
- in-apter ,
- in-aptest ,
- in-capable ,
- in-commensurate ,
- in-competent ,
- incapable ,
- junker ,
- junkest ,
- lemon ,
- minus ,
- more lemon ,
- more stinted ,
- most lemon ,
- most stinted ,
- too little ,
- un productive ,
- un qualified ,
- un-productive ,
- un-qualified .
- in significant ,
- in-significant ,
- irrelevant ,
- meaningless ,
- more minim ,
- more purportless ,
- most minim ,
- most minimal ,
- most purportless ,
- non essential .
- god awful ,
- more god awful ,
- more god-awful ,
- more godawful ,
- more hurting ,
- most god awful ,
- most god-awful ,
- most godawful ,
- most hurting ,
- un favorable ,
- un fortunate ,
- un-favorable ,
- un-fortunate .
- more beanpole ,
- more beanstalk ,
- more broomstick ,
- more extenuated ,
- most beanpole ,
- most beanstalk ,
- most broomstick ,
- most extenuated ,
- stilt ,
- stilter ,
- stiltest .
- in fertile ,
- in-fertile ,
- more shadow ,
- more sylphlike ,
- most shadow ,
- most sylphlike ,
- stickest ,
- un fruitful ,
- un-fruitful .
- itsy bitsy ,
- itsybitsy ,
- more itsy bitsy ,
- more itsy-bitsy ,
- more itsybitsy ,
- more miniscule ,
- more pint sized ,
- more pint-sized ,
- more small scale ,
- more small-scale ,
- more smallscale ,
- most itsy bitsy ,
- most itsy-bitsy ,
- most itsybitsy ,
- most pint sized ,
- most pint-sized ,
- most small scale ,
- most small-scale ,
- most smallscale ,
- pint sized ,
- small scale ,
- smallscale .
- de testable ,
- de-testable ,
- dis graceful ,
- dis-graceful ,
- poverty stricken ,
- povertystricken ,
- scurvier ,
- scurviest .
- in effectual ,
- in-effectual ,
- low down ,
- more derisory ,
- more low down ,
- more low-down ,
- more lowdown ,
- more unconsequential ,
- most derisory ,
- most low down ,
- most low-down ,
- most lowdown ,
- most unconsequential ,
- un consequential ,
- un-consequential .
- be draggled ,
- be-draggled ,
- de generated ,
- de-generated ,
- dis figured ,
- dis reputable ,
- dis-figured ,
- dis-reputable ,
- dog eared ,
- dogeared ,
- gone seed ,
- more degenerated ,
- more deteriorating ,
- more disfigured ,
- more dog eared ,
- more dog-eared ,
- more dogeared ,
- more frayed ,
- most degenerated ,
- most deteriorating ,
- most disfigured ,
- most dog eared ,
- most dog-eared ,
- most dogeared ,
- most frayed ,
- motheaten .
- in conceivable ,
- in credible ,
- in-conceivable ,
- in-credible ,
- more stretched ,
- more twiglike ,
- more undernourished ,
- more unpersuasive ,
- more weak kneed ,
- more weak-kneed ,
- more weakkneed ,
- most diluted ,
- most stretched ,
- most twiglike ,
- most undernourished ,
- most unpersuasive ,
- most weak-kneed ,
- most weakkneed ,
- polest ,
- reedier ,
- reediest ,
- stalkier ,
- stalkiest ,
- un believable ,
- un convincing ,
- un persuasive ,
- un tenable ,
- un-believable ,
- un-convincing ,
- un-persuasive ,
- un-tenable ,
- under nourished ,
- under weight ,
- under-nourished ,
- under-weight ,
- weak kneed ,
- weakkneed .
Other synonyms:
- Fleshless ,
- economical ,
- shabby ,
- twiggy ,
- weedy .
- thin .
Other relevant words:
- lank .
- Angustifoliate ,
- Blemishes ,
- Depthless ,
- Dwarfed ,
- Haggish ,
- Incapacious ,
- Lankness ,
- Lathy ,
- Leanly ,
- Macilent ,
- Picayunish ,
- Proposing ,
- Putid ,
- Rudimental ,
- Scrannel ,
- Scrimping ,
- Skimping ,
- Spindling ,
- Stinted ,
- Unnutritious ,
- abundance ,
- affluence ,
- all skin and bones ,
- analysis ,
- anatomy ,
- angustirostrate ,
- angustisellate ,
- angustiseptal ,
- announce ,
- anticipate ,
- assume ,
- augur ,
- averagely ,
- backbite ,
- bad ,
- badly ,
- bald ,
- banyan day ,
- barely ,
- barely adequate ,
- barren ,
- beanpole ,
- beanstalk ,
- beggar ,
- beginning ,
- below par ,
- below the mark ,
- beneath notice ,
- bland ,
- blemish ,
- bode ,
- boney ,
- broomstick ,
- calculate ,
- catchpenny ,
- cause ,
- cheap ,
- chinchy ,
- chintzy ,
- circumscribed ,
- close ,
- close-fitting ,
- cogitate ,
- cold ,
- colorless ,
- conceive ,
- confined ,
- consider ,
- constricted ,
- contemplate ,
- contempt ,
- contemptible ,
- cramp ,
- cramped ,
- crowded ,
- crude ,
- cursory ,
- debility ,
- defame ,
- defective ,
- derivation ,
- destitute ,
- destitution ,
- detract ,
- dry ,
- dull ,
- dumpy ,
- dwarf ,
- economy ,
- elfin ,
- emaciated ,
- enervated ,
- estimate ,
- exiguous ,
- failing ,
- failure ,
- faint ,
- famished ,
- fast ,
- fast day ,
- fatless ,
- feeble ,
- feebleness ,
- few and far between ,
- fine ,
- firmly ,
- flat ,
- flat-chested ,
- flimsy ,
- footling ,
- forecast ,
- foretell ,
- frailty ,
- frigid ,
- frugality ,
- gangling ,
- gangly ,
- gawky ,
- gimcrack ,
- gimp ,
- gold ,
- haggard ,
- halfway ,
- hand-to-mouth ,
- hardscrabble ,
- hatchet-faced ,
- hollow ,
- humble ,
- hungry ,
- impecunious ,
- imperceptible ,
- imperfect ,
- impoverished ,
- in arrear ,
- in default ,
- inadequately ,
- inappreciable ,
- incipient ,
- incommodious ,
- inconsequential ,
- inconsiderable ,
- indicate ,
- indigent ,
- infertile ,
- infirmity ,
- infrequent ,
- infrequently ,
- insignificant ,
- insubstantial ,
- isthmian ,
- isthmic ,
- jejune ,
- just ,
- lack ,
- lacking ,
- lame ,
- languid ,
- lantern-jawed ,
- lean ,
- lent ,
- lenten ,
- light ,
- lightly ,
- lilliputian ,
- limited ,
- lithe ,
- lukewarm ,
- malnourished ,
- marginal ,
- meagerly ,
- meagre ,
- meagrely ,
- meanly ,
- measly ,
- mere ,
- merely ,
- middling ,
- midget ,
- minimum ,
- miserable ,
- moderate ,
- money ,
- moneyless ,
- monotonous ,
- naked ,
- nanoid ,
- narrow gauge ,
- nastily ,
- near ,
- necessitous ,
- needy ,
- no great shakes ,
- not worth mentioning ,
- one-horse ,
- opulence ,
- origin ,
- parched ,
- pathetic ,
- pauper ,
- penurious ,
- perfunctory ,
- pitiful ,
- plain ,
- poor man ,
- poor person ,
- poorly ,
- portend ,
- predict ,
- presage ,
- prosaic ,
- prosy ,
- pygmy ,
- quadragesima ,
- qualified ,
- ragged ,
- rare ,
- rarely ,
- rather ,
- rattleboned ,
- reckon ,
- reduced ,
- reflect ,
- regard ,
- remote ,
- restricted ,
- riches ,
- rudimentary ,
- runty ,
- scantily ,
- scarcely ,
- scattered ,
- scotch ,
- scraggy ,
- scrimp ,
- scrimpy ,
- scrubby ,
- scurvy ,
- seldom met with ,
- seldom seen ,
- shallow ,
- short commons ,
- short of ,
- short rations ,
- shriveled ,
- shrivelled ,
- shrunk ,
- shrunken ,
- skeletal ,
- sketchy ,
- skimp ,
- skin and bones ,
- skin-deep ,
- slenderly ,
- slightly ,
- slim down ,
- slimly ,
- so-so ,
- somber ,
- somewhat ,
- sorry ,
- sparingly ,
- sparsely ,
- spidery ,
- spindly ,
- sporadically ,
- spotty ,
- sprinkled ,
- squat ,
- starvation ,
- starved ,
- starveling ,
- starving ,
- sterile ,
- strait ,
- straitened ,
- stunted ,
- subsistence ,
- subtle ,
- superficial ,
- tame ,
- tatty ,
- tender ,
- tenuous ,
- thin as a rail ,
- thin down ,
- thin person ,
- think ,
- thinly ,
- thrift ,
- thriftiness ,
- tightly ,
- tolerable ,
- too little too late ,
- traduce ,
- trashy ,
- treasure ,
- trivial ,
- trumpery ,
- uncompleted ,
- underfed ,
- undermanned ,
- undersize ,
- undersized ,
- underweight ,
- unfinished ,
- unfruitful ,
- unimportant ,
- unprepared ,
- unproductive ,
- unvaried ,
- unworthy ,
- useless ,
- vain ,
- vapid ,
- vile ,
- wanting ,
- washy ,
- wasted ,
- watered ,
- watery ,
- weak ,
- wealth ,
- weightless ,
- willowy ,
- wishy-washy ,
- withered ,
- wizened ,
- worn ,
- worthless ,
- wretched .
- Commiserable ,
- Non-essential ,
- Purportless ,
- Stalky ,
- Unconsequential ,
- Unsufficient ,
- atrophied ,
- barely sufficient ,
- beside point ,
- chiffon ,
- cut rate ,
- cut-rate ,
- deficient ,
- derisory ,
- dog-eared ,
- god-awful ,
- godawful ,
- gone to seed ,
- gracile ,
- house of cards ,
- in firm ,
- inadequate ,
- itsy-bitsy ,
- lamentable ,
- light as a feather ,
- like a bag of bones ,
- lithesome ,
- little ,
- low ,
- low-down ,
- lowdown ,
- mingy ,
- narrow ,
- no fat ,
- paltry ,
- papery ,
- peaky ,
- picayune ,
- pint-sized ,
- poler ,
- poor ,
- reedy ,
- rinkydink ,
- scanty ,
- scraggiest ,
- scrimper ,
- skeletonlike ,
- skimpy ,
- skin-and-bones ,
- slight ,
- small ,
- small-scale ,
- spare ,
- sparse ,
- sticker ,
- sylphlike ,
- thin as rail ,
- twiglike ,
- undernourished ,
- unornamented ,
- unpersuasive ,
- wornout ,
- worse for wear .
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How to use "Meager" in context?
Meager is a word that means having a small amount of something. For example, meagre food is food that is not very filling. Meager people are weak and have very little energy.
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