Definition for Scant:

• To limit; stint; become scanty; lessen; fail.

Synonyms for Scant:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • short,
  • light.
  •deficient (adjective)
  • not enough,
  • incomplete.
  •few (adjective)
  • middling,
  • trifling,
  • inconsiderable,
  • piddling,
  • scarcely any,
  • several,
  • few and far between.
  •insufficient (adjective)
  • insufficient,
  • too little too late,
  • out of,
  • short of.
  •little (adjective)
  • tiny,
  • hardly any,
  • wee,
  • smallish.
  •meager (adjective)
  • inappreciable,
  • puny,
  • flimsy,
  • paltry,
  • shabby,
  • scrimp,
  • subtle,
  • unfinished,
  • unfruitful,
  • slight,
  • barren,
  • tenuous,
  • wanting,
  • weak,
  • infertile,
  • stingy,
  • insubstantial,
  • unproductive.
  •narrow (adjective)
  • Incapacious.
  •short (adjective)
  • niggardly.
  •small (adjective)
  • miniature,
  • meager,
  • delicate,
  • minute,
  • negligible,
  • miserly,
  • toy,
  • pocket,
  • minor,
  • teeny-weeny,
  • picayune,
  • modest,
  • bantam,
  • itty-bitty,
  • sparing,
  • teeny,
  • minimal,
  • teensy,
  • scrawny,
  • beggarly,
  • small,
  • dwarfish,
  • baby,
  • compact,
  • petite,
  • weeny,
  • ungenerous,
  • microscopic,
  • slim,
  • nugatory,
  • diminutive.

• n.

  •
  • only,
  • barely.
  •
  • excess.
  •
  • poor,
  • big.
  •scant (noun)
  • stint.
  •scarce (noun)
  • inadequate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • few,
  • measly,
  • sparingly,
  • mere,
  • minimum,
  • short-handed,
  • merely,
  • scantily,
  • dearth.
  •
  • deprivation,
  • least,
  • deficit,
  • exiguous,
  • limited,
  • insufficiency,
  • overstretched.
  •
  • unsatisfied,
  • pitiful,
  • lightly.
  •
  • passing,
  • miserable,
  • minority.
  •
  • tight,
  • off.
  •neglect
  • neglect.
  •skimp
  • pinch pennies.

Paraphrases for Scant:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    limited.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    meagre, meager, insubstantial, low, tiny, slight, infrequent, slim, lean, weak, negligible, narrow, skinny, deficient, tenuous, short, paltry, disappointing, minor.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    scarce, little, scanty, insufficient, insignificant, few, minimal, sparse, inadequate, modest, small, poor, rare, thin.

Antonyms for Scant:

• adj.

  • meager
    ample, enough, thick, fat, plentiful, sufficient, important, significant, adequate.
  • Other antonyms:
    bursting, copious, proliferative, flourishing, swarming, tolerable, satisfactory, thriving, blooming.

Homophones for Scant:

• sanitate, snood, sequined, smoothie, smut, squint, send out, sent, sandy, skinned, sash window, sea chantey, shanty, seanad, synonymity, snotty, snout, santee, smoothy, samoyed, second, synod, sunhat, shandy, show window, shamed, sonata, Sequoia Gigantea, samoyede, smooth out, signet, skimmed, seasoned, SCNT, snot, sonant, senate, sigmoid, schmidt, sanity, smith, send, sennett, sound, squint-eye, sciaenidae, sounded, signed, samite, sigint, shinto, sun tea, sendee, smutty, skint, sinuate, segmented, squamata, Sa Node, skinhead, smite, scend, shogunate, sausage hound, samnite, sand, sonnet, snide, shindy, smoothed, secant, scent out, sainted, sound out, somewhat, sundew, semite, Sweeney Todd, sainthood, sea mat, send away, Shuha Shinto, sequent, shunt, segment, San Mateo, squinty, sunday, sandhi, sundae, scented, Sesamoid, sunnite, smithy, sindhi, snoot, somite, snit, squint-eyed, shine at, sun hat, Snead, Sennit, snooty, seminude, scent, seniti, summate, seamount, swim meet, sausage meat, Santa, secondo, sente, scanty, samhita, sciaenid, saint, skanda, snow-white, summit, seamed, smooth.

Hyponym for Scant:

• v.

  • social
    confine, throttle, bound, limit, trammel, restrict, work.