Definition for Meagre:

• Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.

Synonyms for Meagre:

• n.

  •exiguous (noun)
  • exiguous.
  •hand-to-mouth (noun)
  • hand-to-mouth.
  •hardscrabble (noun)
  • hardscrabble.
  •marginal (noun)
  • marginal.
  •meager (noun)
  • meager.
  •meagerly (noun)
  • meagerly.
  •meagre (noun)
  • measly,
  • miserable,
  • paltry,
  • spare,
  • bare,
  • scanty.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • insufficient,
  • dearth,
  • scantily,
  • short-handed.
  •
  • derisory,
  • insufficiency,
  • skimpy,
  • deficit,
  • inadequacy,
  • deprivation,
  • overstretched,
  • inadequate.
  •
  • unsatisfied.
  •
  • poor.
  •
  • short.
  •
  • off,
  • tight.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Whey-faced,
  • parsimonious,
  • gossamer,
  • barren,
  • unfruitful,
  • slim,
  • wanting,
  • too little,
  • undersized,
  • unimportant,
  • lifeless,
  • wretched,
  • crummy,
  • humble,
  • pale,
  • scarce,
  • undetailed,
  • feeble,
  • low,
  • insignificant,
  • diaphanous,
  • rangy,
  • cramped,
  • confined,
  • empty,
  • hardly any,
  • unconvincing,
  • pathetic,
  • unembellished,
  • outside,
  • scrimpy,
  • inconsiderable,
  • weak,
  • unsubstantial,
  • infertile,
  • sorry,
  • cadaverous,
  • pinched,
  • minimal,
  • plain,
  • arid,
  • in short supply,
  • sparing,
  • half-baked,
  • widespread,
  • unavailing,
  • loose,
  • petty,
  • barely adequate,
  • picayune,
  • basic,
  • thin,
  • unelaborate,
  • faint,
  • sketchy,
  • barely sufficient,
  • incommodious,
  • unusual,
  • miserly,
  • ineffectual,
  • lank,
  • diffuse,
  • unsuitable,
  • inconsequential,
  • simplified,
  • uninspired,
  • remote,
  • cheap,
  • minor,
  • trifling,
  • underweight,
  • Raw-boned,
  • mere,
  • least,
  • imperfect,
  • general,
  • slight,
  • broad,
  • impoverished,
  • flawed,
  • scattered,
  • negligible,
  • close-fisted,
  • barely any,
  • starving,
  • spindly,
  • shrivelled,
  • implausible,
  • not much,
  • Half-hearted,
  • essential,
  • sparse,
  • tenuous,
  • minute,
  • few,
  • unadorned,
  • starved,
  • emaciated,
  • defective,
  • wet,
  • shaky,
  • scrawny,
  • lacking,
  • restrictive,
  • dispersed,
  • modest,
  • grudging,
  • half-starved,
  • rawboned,
  • Macilent,
  • spread,
  • uncharitable,
  • trivial,
  • withered,
  • twopenny-halfpenny,
  • flimsy,
  • namby-pamby,
  • stingy,
  • skeletal,
  • small,
  • selfish,
  • unproductive,
  • pitiable,
  • frail,
  • unelaborated,
  • wiry,
  • hazy,
  • spiritless,
  • simple,
  • oversimplified,
  • lame,
  • limited,
  • scraggy,
  • bony,
  • rare,
  • twiggy,
  • doubtful,
  • small-scale,
  • vague,
  • skinny,
  • piddling,
  • dubious,
  • incomplete,
  • wasted,
  • restricted,
  • wishy-washy,
  • hollow-cheeked,
  • partial,
  • nebulous,
  • absolute,
  • not enough,
  • angular,
  • at a premium,
  • shrunken,
  • fragile,
  • base,
  • mingy,
  • penny ante,
  • light,
  • gangly,
  • contemptible,
  • ungenerous,
  • anaemic,
  • not plentiful,
  • unlikely,
  • wispy,
  • fine,
  • faulty,
  • deficient,
  • underfed,
  • gangling,
  • confining,
  • dull,
  • mickey mouse,
  • scant,
  • tight-fisted,
  • bad,
  • spread out,
  • indefinite,
  • stinting,
  • enfeebled,
  • tame,
  • spotty,
  • bare-boned,
  • little,
  • beggarly,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • narrow,
  • unpretentious,
  • insubstantial,
  • penurious,
  • lean,
  • shoddy,
  • close,
  • twopenny,
  • slender,
  • sterile,
  • niggardly,
  • frugal,
  • non-specific,
  • mean,
  • ineffective,
  • gaunt,
  • haggard,
  • disappointing,
  • lanky,
  • inappreciable,
  • improbable,
  • undernourished,
  • puny,
  • worthless,
  • pitiful,
  • seldom met with.

Paraphrases for Meagre:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    meager, scarce, limited, scanty.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    scant, modest, paltry, lean, measly, insubstantial, small, little, insignificant, slim, skimmed, disappointing, few, minimal, humble, impoverished, rare, skinny, miserly, feeble, marginal, mere, slight, negligible, miserable, thin, tiny, narrow.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    skinny, scarcity, paucity.

Antonyms for Meagre:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    ample.

Meagre Sentence Examples:

• Meagre advertisements in the contemporary newspapers occasionally show his whereabouts and doings.

• Yet nobody knew how much the poor wakeful soul would miss the only one of her meagre possessions that seemed alive and companionable in lonely hours.

Homophones for Meagre:

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