Antonyms for scant
skæntscant

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1. scantadjective

   very little, very few

   After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.

   Synonyms:
   little, few, slight

   Antonyms:
   plenty, ample

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1. scant

   Antonyms:
   absolute, accurate, blameless, complete, completed, consummate, correct, entire, faultless, finished, holy, ideal, immaculate, perfect, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled

   Synonyms:
   bad, blemished, corrupt, corrupted, defaced, defective, deficient, deformed, fallible, faulty, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, marred, meager, perverted, poor, ruined, short, spoiled, worthless

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1. scant

   Antonyms:
   full, ample, liberal, generous, bountiful, unmeasured

   Synonyms:
   short, insufficient, mean, niggardly, stingy, narrow, limited, chary, sparing

Matched Categories

1. • Limit
   • Work

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1. light, scant(p), shortverb

   less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

   "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"

   Antonyms:
   sufficient

2. skimp, scantverb

   work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

   Antonyms:
   sufficient

   Synonyms:
   stint, scrimp, skimp

3. scant, skimpverb

   limit in quality or quantity

   Antonyms:
   sufficient

   Synonyms:
   stint, scrimp, skimp

4. stint, skimp, scantverb

   supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

   "sting with the allowance"

   Antonyms:
   sufficient

   Synonyms:
   stint, scrimp, skimp

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1. scantadjective

   Synonyms:
   scanty, meager, insufficient, inadequate, sparing, saving, chary

2. scantverb

   Synonyms:
   limit, straiten, stint

How to use scant in a sentence?

1. Mike Pompeo:

   There’s scant evidence that these lockdowns do a whole lotta good.

2. Derek Holt at Scotiabank:

   There is scant evidence to suggest that the era of exceptionally low rates of inflation with multiple episodes of deflation has ended.

3. Michael Polak:

   I was shocked at the scant response to our original lengthy and evidence-based complaint, which was to simply refer us back to the IOC Executive Committee, the very subject of our ethical complaint.

4. The Florida Supreme Court:

   In light of the scant evidence connecting Penalver to this murder and the consequent importance of identifying the individual depicted on the videotape in sunglasses and hat, we conclude that the improperly admitted evidence and the State's suggestion that the defense tampered with or suborned perjury by an identification witness meet the cumulative error requirements outlined above and require reversal.

5. Drew Hammill:

   Eight days after a federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to immediately begin the process of reuniting the children they put in cages back with their families, there's scant evidence that a comprehensive plan to do just that has been developed, congressional oversight of this matter has already been proven to be critical in ensuring that the Administration's constant abuses are held in check, that the law is being obeyed, and that taxpayers' resources are not being squandered.

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