Definition for Scarce:

• by a small margin; " they could barely hear the speaker"; " we hardly knew them"; " just missed being hit"; " had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; " would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W. B. Yeats

Synonyms for Scarce:

• adj.

  •deficient (adjective)
  • meager,
  • flawed,
  • not enough,
  • incomplete.
  •exceptional (adjective)
  • unique.
  •few (adjective)
  • piddling,
  • minimal,
  • negligible,
  • not many,
  • spotty,
  • minimum,
  • Unfrequent,
  • few,
  • semioccasional,
  • miserly,
  • few and far between,
  • insufficient,
  • little,
  • several.
  •insufficient (adjective)
  • skimpy,
  • stingy,
  • Flyspeck,
  • poor.
  •insufficient, infrequent (adjective)
  • shortened,
  • truncated,
  • at a premium,
  • seldom,
  • in short supply,
  • scant,
  • limited,
  • seldom met with.
  •irregular (adjective)
  • exceptional.

• adv

  •just (adverb)
  • just now.

• n.

  •
  • nearly,
  • almost,
  • well-nigh,
  • practically,
  • close.
  •
  • usual,
  • occasional.
  •
  • near.
  •scarce (noun)
  • hardly,
  • scarcely,
  • tight,
  • barely.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rarity,
  • under,
  • unusual,
  • more.
  •
  • wanting.
  •
  • short.

Paraphrases for Scarce:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    meagre, scanty, meager.

• Independent

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

• Other Related

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

Antonyms for Scarce:

• adj.

  • all
    abundant.
  • insufficient, infrequent
    ample, adequate, frequent, plentiful, sufficient, satisfactory.
  • Other antonyms:
    expanded, bursting, enlarged, liberal, generous, bountiful, sizable, hefty, proliferative, considerable, swarming, thriving, substantial, king-size, super, flourishing, tolerable, blooming, fat, jumbo, oversize, fruitful, fecund, large, prolific, fertile, big, largish.

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.