246 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ mˈiːɡə], [ mˈiːɡə], [ m_ˈiː_ɡ_ə]

Similar words for meagre:

• exiguous (noun)
• hand-to-mouth (noun)
• hardscrabble (noun)
• marginal (noun)
• meager (noun)
• meagerly (noun)
• meagre (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• other relevant words (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for meagre

Homophones for meagre

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 relevant words: (noun)
  • frequency,
  • state.

• v.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • attribution.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • insufficient,
  • dearth,
  • scantily,
  • short-handed.
  •
  • derisory,
  • insufficiency,
  • skimpy,
  • deficit,
  • inadequacy,
  • deprivation,
  • overstretched,
  • inadequate.
  •
  • unsatisfied.
  •
  • poor.
  •
  • short.
  •
  • off,
  • tight.
  • Other relevant words:
  • quantity.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • 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
    limited, meager, scanty, scarce.

• Independent

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

Homophones for Meagre:

• masher, maigre, maiger, missouri, Mick Jagger, menagerie, make sure, massager, Mens Rea, minicar, mauser, macer, macro, manager, misery, maker, moocher, moniker, mucor, muser, mojarra, meager, mixer, monsieur, maser, make grow, moneymaker, money cowrie, measurer, mouse hare, Masorah, mcgraw, Mesozoic Era, masquer, musher, measure, makaira, mincer, micro, Masora, monger, mocker, magyar, miser, miscarry, mouse ear, masker, mazer, manicure, mugger, manger, major, mimicry, mimicker, magic square, muscari, mascara, mockery, muncher, manchuria, mysore, mouser, menninger, massacre, maseru, megaera, masseur.