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)
  • several,
  • minimum,
  • niggardly,
  • spotty,
  • semioccasional,
  • Unfrequent,
  • negligible,
  • minimal,
  • scanty,
  • few,
  • miserly,
  • few and far between,
  • piddling,
  • insufficient,
  • not many,
  • little,
  • sparse.
  •insufficient (adjective)
  • miserly,
  • Flyspeck,
  • insufficient,
  • scanty,
  • poor,
  • sparse,
  • niggardly,
  • inadequate,
  • skimpy,
  • meager,
  • stingy,
  • deficient.
  •insufficient, infrequent (adjective)
  • short,
  • seldom,
  • few and far between,
  • scant,
  • occasional,
  • seldom met with,
  • scanty,
  • sparse,
  • uncommon,
  • wanting,
  • sporadic,
  • deficient,
  • at a premium,
  • failing,
  • shy,
  • shortened,
  • limited,
  • in short supply,
  • rare,
  • few,
  • truncated,
  • semioccasional,
  • unusual.
  •irregular (adjective)
  • exceptional.
  •short (adjective)
  • short.

• adv.

  •just (adverb)
  • nearly.

• adv

  •just (adverb)
  • just now.

• n.

  •
  • nearly,
  • almost,
  • well-nigh,
  • practically,
  • close.
  •
  • short,
  • under,
  • shy,
  • hoped-for,
  • sought-after,
  • wanting,
  • at a premium,
  • longed-for,
  • excess.
  •
  • usual,
  • sporadic,
  • occasional.
  •
  • near.
  •scarce (noun)
  • insufficient,
  • just,
  • rare,
  • hardly,
  • scarcely,
  • deficient,
  • barely,
  • tight.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • valuable.
  •
  • uncommon.
  •
  • rarity,
  • more,
  • shy,
  • sporadic,
  • unusual,
  • under.
  •
  • occasional.
  •
  • wanting.
  •
  • short.
  •sparse
  • thin.
  •Other relevant words:
  • liquidate,
  • strictly,
  • abscond,
  • faulty,
  • organize,
  • lack,
  • wanting,
  • concise,
  • few and far between,
  • slip away,
  • spread out,
  • accomplish,
  • precisely,
  • administer,
  • skimp,
  • almost not,
  • terminate,
  • sprinkled,
  • conclude,
  • narrow,
  • semioccasional,
  • break away,
  • withdraw,
  • frugal,
  • remarkable,
  • sought-after,
  • not many,
  • write,
  • expensive,
  • curious,
  • humble,
  • meagerly,
  • fault,
  • accurately,
  • demerit,
  • nearly,
  • vacuum,
  • short,
  • defective,
  • fail,
  • defect,
  • narrow gauge,
  • unwonted,
  • close,
  • achieve,
  • on,
  • incomplete,
  • in debt,
  • make out,
  • repay,
  • scarcely,
  • destitute,
  • without resources,
  • just,
  • depart,
  • scurvy,
  • take flight,
  • at a premium,
  • hardly,
  • imperfection,
  • manage,
  • abandon,
  • unusual,
  • hoped-for,
  • play truant,
  • entirely,
  • too little,
  • flit,
  • effectuate,
  • runaway,
  • levant,
  • under,
  • choice,
  • but,
  • shy,
  • perfectly,
  • perform,
  • flee,
  • shortage,
  • scrimp,
  • slender,
  • dispersed,
  • beat a retreat,
  • succinct,
  • shortened,
  • completely,
  • exactly,
  • near,
  • mere,
  • decamp,
  • deficit,
  • seldom met with,
  • undermanned,
  • prepare,
  • curiosity,
  • inadequacy,
  • slow,
  • exceptional,
  • deficiency,
  • exact,
  • paucity,
  • more,
  • part company,
  • take to flight,
  • usual,
  • rare,
  • reject,
  • rarity,
  • slim,
  • narrowly,
  • cheeseparing,
  • hardscrabble,
  • out of stock,
  • almost,
  • Skimping,
  • skedaddle,
  • at,
  • merely,
  • Unfrequent,
  • severely,
  • bring,
  • practically,
  • rarely,
  • requite,
  • correctly,
  • infrequent,
  • carry out,
  • totally,
  • unfamiliar,
  • STANDOUT,
  • elope,
  • barely sufficient,
  • simple,
  • scarcity,
  • definitely,
  • arrange,
  • exiguous,
  • slight,
  • limited,
  • sketchy,
  • barely,
  • peculiar,
  • unparalleled,
  • govern,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • blemish,
  • harshly,
  • light,
  • scrimpy,
  • slope,
  • strange,
  • acquire,
  • hand-to-mouth,
  • dispose,
  • longed-for,
  • unique,
  • in want,
  • piddling,
  • precise,
  • meagre,
  • constitute,
  • valuable,
  • finish,
  • fly,
  • unfinished,
  • incomparable,
  • penurious,
  • sparingly,
  • deduct,
  • disappointing,
  • atypical,
  • precious,
  • unprecedented,
  • certainly,
  • sporadic,
  • surely,
  • cut and run,
  • be short of,
  • turn tail,
  • sparing,
  • gain,
  • vacate,
  • failure,
  • positively,
  • purely,
  • dear,
  • absolutely,
  • uncommon,
  • well-nigh,
  • insufficiency,
  • tight,
  • absolute,
  • thin,
  • extraordinary,
  • vacancy,
  • dumpy,
  • DO,
  • restricted,
  • make off,
  • chinchy,
  • sheer off,
  • Scrimping,
  • shortcoming,
  • not enough,
  • squat,
  • execute,
  • truncated,
  • handle,
  • deal with,
  • bare,
  • low,
  • bolt,
  • flawed,
  • shuffle off,
  • sneak out of,
  • imperfect,
  • scantily,
  • dearth,
  • vacuity,
  • phenomenal,
  • wane,
  • measly,
  • absquatulate,
  • odd,
  • stubby,
  • sneak off,
  • chintzy,
  • singular,
  • out of print,
  • emptiness,
  • excess,
  • fully,
  • seldom,
  • thoroughly,
  • reconcile,
  • spare,
  • unsuitable,
  • in short supply,
  • quit,
  • only,
  • seldom seen,
  • escape,
  • get,
  • just now,
  • desert,
  • scant,
  • utterly,
  • simply,
  • Curtailed,
  • small,
  • premium,
  • several,
  • hard,
  • go away,
  • failing,
  • occasional,
  • gimp,
  • shortfall,
  • scarceness,
  • scattered,
  • lacking.

Antonyms for Scarce:

• adj.

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

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.