meager English

Meaning meager meaning

What does meager mean?

meager

— adjective (= meagre) deficient in amount or quality or extent meager resources meager fare

Synonyms meager synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as meager?

meager English » English

meagre

lean

thin

skinny

gaunt

wretched

skimpy

poor

scanty

miserable

dismal

abject

scarce

scant

exiguous

stingy

sparse

spare

pitiful

limited

insufficient

few

unenviable

squalid

slender

scrimpy

scrawny

measly

mean

meagerly

lank

lacking

forlorn

very small

very little

unsatisfying

tight

tenuous

slim

slight

slab sided

simple

short

shabby

scrimp

scraggly

rough

rawboned

raw boned

plain

Topics meager topics

What do people use meager to talk about?

States Quantity Plural

Few, little

• What words refer to a small amount of food?
  a little a drop of pinch dash mouthful in moderation meager

States Quantity Enough

Lack

• What words describe something that you lack?
  inadequate insufficient meager needed poor scant scanty scarce short