318 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ skˈe͡əs], [ skˈe‍əs], [ s_k_ˈeə_s]

Similar words for scarce:

• all (adjective)
• bare (adjective)
• deficient (adjective)
• exceptional (adjective)
• failing (adjective)
• few (adjective)
• inadequate (adjective)
• infrequent (adjective)
• insufficient (adjective)
• insufficient, infrequent (adjective)
• irregular (adjective)
• occasional (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• rare (adjective)
• short (adjective)
• slender/slim (adjective)
• sparse (adjective)
• sporadic (adjective)
• standout (adjective)
• thin (adjective)
• uncommon (adjective)
• undermanned (adjective)
• valuable (adjective)
• wanting (adjective)
• just (adverb)
• just (adverb)
• other relevant words (adverb)
• barely (noun)
• hardly (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• scarce (noun)
• limited (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words

Paraphrases for scarce

Homophones for scarce

Synonyms for Scarce:

• adj.

  • all (adjective)
  • scarce.
  • bare (adjective)
  • de-sert,
  • most unfurnished,
  • empty,
  • un furnished,
  • de-solate,
  • more unfurnished,
  • un-furnished,
  • poorer,
  • de solate,
  • de sert.
  • deficient (adjective)
  • outta gas,
  • not enough,
  • flawed,
  • incomplete,
  • not make it,
  • meager,
  • not cut out for,
  • not up to scratch,
  • found wanting,
  • unassembled,
  • third string.
  • exceptional (adjective)
  • uncustomary,
  • unheard-of,
  • extra ordinary,
  • un-ordinary,
  • unique.
  • failing (adjective)
  • Unsufficient,
  • Unthriving,
  • unprosperous,
  • fainter.
  • few (adjective)
  • middling,
  • Unfrequent,
  • little,
  • insufficient,
  • not too many,
  • scarcely any,
  • not many,
  • minimum,
  • some,
  • semioccasional,
  • trifling,
  • negligible,
  • inconsiderable,
  • several,
  • piddling,
  • miserly,
  • widely spaced,
  • few and far between,
  • spotty,
  • few,
  • minimal.
  • inadequate (adjective)
  • in commensurate,
  • lemon,
  • most stinted,
  • in aptest,
  • more stinted,
  • most niggardly,
  • incapable,
  • in capable,
  • in-apter,
  • most lemon,
  • in-appreciable,
  • in-adequate,
  • in-substantial,
  • impotent,
  • in competent,
  • un productive,
  • glitchest,
  • more niggardly,
  • more lemon,
  • in-competent,
  • minus,
  • un-qualified,
  • junker,
  • in adequate,
  • in-aptest,
  • in substantial,
  • too little,
  • un qualified,
  • in appreciable,
  • in apter,
  • un-productive,
  • in-commensurate,
  • glitcher,
  • in-capable,
  • bushleague,
  • junkest.
  • infrequent (adjective)
  • in-frequent,
  • in frequent.
  • insufficient (adjective)
  • Flyspeck,
  • short of,
  • unfitted,
  • skimpy,
  • out of,
  • too little too late,
  • unample,
  • stingy,
  • poor.
  • insufficient, infrequent (adjective)
  • shortened,
  • truncated,
  • at a premium,
  • seldom,
  • in short supply,
  • scant,
  • limited,
  • seldom met with.
  • irregular (adjective)
  • exceptional.
  • occasional (adjective)
  • off on.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • sporadic,
  • bare,
  • not habitual,
  • not up to par,
  • failing,
  • uncommon,
  • only a few,
  • infrequent,
  • fits and starts,
  • deficient,
  • thin,
  • niggardly,
  • of value,
  • unheard of,
  • on-again-off-again,
  • undermanned,
  • unfurnished,
  • not good enough,
  • held dear,
  • shy,
  • recherche,
  • rare,
  • bits and pieces,
  • unpersuasive,
  • out-standing,
  • small number,
  • hot property,
  • a few,
  • in default,
  • pre-eminent,
  • valuable,
  • collectible,
  • sparse,
  • scrimpy,
  • in demand,
  • STANDOUT,
  • quite a few,
  • inadequate,
  • hardly any,
  • Subtile,
  • out of gas.
  • rare (adjective)
  • more attenuate,
  • in conceivable,
  • most recherche,
  • rarest,
  • un likelier,
  • sub tile,
  • sub-tile,
  • un likely,
  • subtilest,
  • sub-tiler,
  • un wonted,
  • more recherche,
  • more attenuated,
  • sub tiler,
  • un-likely,
  • un-likeliest,
  • subtiler,
  • un-wonted,
  • out of ordinary,
  • out the ordinary,
  • un-likelier,
  • most attenuate,
  • out ordinary,
  • in-conceivable,
  • un likeliest,
  • most attenuated.
  • short (adjective)
  • low on,
  • shortest.
  • slender/slim (adjective)
  • re-mote.
  • sparse (adjective)
  • most dispersed,
  • scrimpier,
  • scrimpiest,
  • more dispersed.
  • sporadic (adjective)
  • fits starts,
  • bits pieces,
  • more on again off again,
  • more on-again-off-again,
  • most on-again-off-again,
  • most on again off again.
  • standout (adjective)
  • pre eminent,
  • out standing.
  • thin (adjective)
  • more unpersuasive,
  • in-credible,
  • most stretched,
  • in credible,
  • un substantial,
  • most weakkneed,
  • trans-parent,
  • un-believable,
  • un persuasive,
  • un believable,
  • un-convincing,
  • more weak-kneed,
  • more weak kneed,
  • trans parent,
  • un-tenable,
  • un-substantial,
  • un convincing,
  • weak kneed,
  • most unpersuasive,
  • weakkneed,
  • un-persuasive,
  • more weakkneed,
  • most weak-kneed,
  • more stretched,
  • un tenable,
  • most diluted.
  • uncommon (adjective)
  • un accustomed,
  • un conventional,
  • un common,
  • sur prising,
  • out way,
  • un familiar,
  • un commonest,
  • sur-prising,
  • un commoner,
  • most outre,
  • un-accustomed,
  • un-commoner,
  • un-commonest,
  • more outre,
  • out the way,
  • un-common,
  • un-conventional,
  • un-familiar,
  • out of way.
  • undermanned (adjective)
  • shorthanded.
  • valuable (adjective)
  • in valuable,
  • highpriced,
  • more cherished,
  • high priced,
  • most collectible,
  • more heirloom,
  • more treasured,
  • most heirloom,
  • most cherished,
  • most admired,
  • most prized,
  • in-valuable,
  • in-estimable,
  • more prized,
  • re levant,
  • most valuable,
  • most appreciated,
  • re-levant,
  • more collectible,
  • most respected,
  • most treasured,
  • more admired,
  • more esteemed,
  • in estimable,
  • most esteemed,
  • more appreciated.
  • wanting (adjective)
  • co oked,
  • not up par,
  • most away,
  • co-oked,
  • un-sounder,
  • most unfulfilled,
  • not to par,
  • more away,
  • unfulfilled,
  • not par,
  • un sound,
  • more cooked,
  • sub standard,
  • more unfulfilled,
  • most cooked,
  • un fulfilled,
  • sub-standard,
  • un-fulfilled,
  • un-soundest,
  • un-sound,
  • out gas,
  • dis appointing,
  • dis-appointing,
  • un sounder.

• adv.

  • just (adverb)
  • just a while ago.

• adv

  • just (adverb)
  • a moment ago,
  • just now,
  • by very little,
  • at this moment,
  • right now.
  • Other relevant words: (adverb)
  • just.

• n.

  •
  • almost,
  • all but,
  • close,
  • nearly,
  • well-nigh,
  • practically.
  •
  • usual,
  • occasional.
  •
  • near.
  • barely (noun)
  • barely.
  • hardly (noun)
  • hardly.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • quantity,
  • frequency.
  • scarce (noun)
  • tight,
  • scarcely.

• v.

  • limited (verb)
  • not plentiful.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rarity,
  • under,
  • unusual,
  • more.
  •
  • wanting.
  •
  • short.
  • Other relevant words:
  • scanty,
  • lacking.

Paraphrases for Scarce:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    meager, meagre, scanty.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    circumscribed, constrained, deficient, finite, impoverished, incomplete, infrequent, insignificant, insubstantial, invaluable, lean, little, low, minimal, modest, narrow, paltry, short, skinny, slender, slim, tenuous, thin, tight, uncommon, unsatisfactory, unusual, weak.
  • Interjection
    disappear, vanish.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    few, inadequate, insufficient, poor, scant, small, sparse, valuable.

Homophones for Scarce:

• secrecy, sewage works, Skagerrak, sewer gas, scherzo, serax, sorgho, surge, sirocco, serious, saururus, serosa, scourge, source, sourish, sargasso, screak, Skagerak, skreigh, series, saragossa, sucrase, scrooge, Sirach, sarawak, search, scissors, SIRC, sage grouse, shears, saccharose, shire horse, siris, syracuse, sawhorse, screw jack, saccharase, squark, susurrus, screaky, sucrose, siriasis, shiraz, saururaceae, sack race, sea horse, shriek, sewerage, shrike, shrug, ski race, seagrass, sea wrack, SARS, seahorse, squarish, sciurus, scheuchzeriaceae, siqueiros, squirearchy, scraggy, sorex, scrag, skreak, ski rack, shirk, sikorsky, scissors kick, scours, sericeous, Sargasso Sea, sorgo, screw key, saurischia, scorsese, squaw grass, sorus, susurrous, saurosuchus, screech, shark, sayers, skew arch, shrewish, serge, seiurus, shag rug, shakers, Showy Orchis, sirius, sazerac, scorch, serous, scores, surcease, siracusa, sugar cookie, screechy.