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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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. scant

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

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

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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

    Synonyms:
    stint, scrimp, skimp

    Antonyms:
    sufficient

  3. scant, skimpverb

    limit in quality or quantity

    Synonyms:
    stint, scrimp, skimp

    Antonyms:
    sufficient

  4. stint, skimp, scantverb

    supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

    "sting with the allowance"

    Synonyms:
    stint, scrimp, skimp

    Antonyms:
    sufficient

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  1. scantverb

    Synonyms:
    limit, straiten, stint

  2. scantadjective

    Synonyms:
    insufficient, SCANTY

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  1. scantadjective

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

  2. scantverb

    Synonyms:
    limit, straiten, stint

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "scant":

    scarce, meagre, little, few, lean, low, limited

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How to use scant in a sentence?

  1. Tim Quinlan:

    Third quarter consumer spending is on track for only a scant gain, if COVID cases keep falling and sentiment turns positive, there is scope for a more solid finish to this tumultuous year.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Justin Mankin:

    This has big implications for drought mitigation measures for different water districts, many of which are working hard not only to manage the impacts of this drought, but to invest in longer-term adaptive measures to be resilient to more droughts like this in the future, given scant resources to do both, these water districts need our support.

  5. Mike Pompeo:

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


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