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Synonyms for scarce
skɛərsscarce
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
scarce
Unique is alone of its kind; rare is infrequent of its kind; great poems are rare; "Paradise Lost" is unique. To say of a thing that it is rare is simply to affirm that it is now seldom found, whether previously common or not; as, a rare old book; a rare word; to call a thing scarce implies that it was at some time more plenty, as when we say food or money is scarce. A particular fruit or coin may be rare; scarce applies to demand and use, and almost always to concrete things; to speak of virtue, genius, or heroism as scarce would be somewhat ludicrous. Rare has the added sense of precious, which is sometimes, but not necessarily, blended with that above given; as, a rare gem. Extraordinary, signifying greatly beyond the ordinary, is a neutral word, capable of a high and good sense or of an invidious, opprobrious, or contemptuous signification; as, extraordinary genius; extraordinary wickedness; an extraordinary assumption of power; extraordinary antics; an extraordinary statement is incredible without overwhelming proof.
See synonyms for GENERAL; NORMAL; USUAL.
Synonyms:
curious, extraordinary, incomparable, infrequent, odd, peculiar, precious, rare, remarkable, singular, strange, uncommon, unique, unparalleled, unprecedented, unusual
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
scarceadverb
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
"fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
Antonyms:
rank, overabundant, rich, long, lush, plentiful, teeming, rampant, ample, plethoric, verdant, abounding, torrential, plenteous, thick, riotous, abundant, copious, galore(ip), superabundant, profuse, luxuriant, easy, exuberant, rife, voluminousbarely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarceadverb
only a very short time before
"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:
just, barely, hardly, scarcely, merely, scantily, exactly, simply, but, precisely, only, just nowAntonyms:
luxuriant, superabundant, abundant, plenteous, torrential, plethoric, overabundant, abounding, copious, galore(ip), long, rife, profuse, thick, teeming, riotous, voluminous, ample, rank, rich, plentiful, exuberant, easy, rampant, lush, verdant
Dictionary of English Synonymes
scarceadjective
Synonyms:
deficient, wanting, not plentiful, not abundantscarceadjective
Synonyms:
rare, uncommon, infrequent
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
scarceadjective
Synonyms:
rare, unplentiful, deficient
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#43 | but | |
#65 | only | |
#109 | just | |
#398 | little | |
#402 | low | |
#575 | few | |
#751 | limited | |
#1178 | choice | |
#1287 | unique | |
#1305 | simply | |
#2506 | exactly | |
#2682 | rare | |
#3929 | strange | |
#5261 | unusual | |
#5451 | odd | |
#5564 | merely | |
#6395 | precious | |
#6787 | hardly | |
#6982 | extraordinary | |
#7013 | curious | |
#7663 | wanting | |
#7984 | remarkable | |
#8208 | barely | |
#8525 | lean | |
#8675 | precisely | |
#13241 | unprecedented | |
#13600 | singular | |
#14075 | uncommon | |
#15415 | peculiar | |
#15777 | scarce | |
#19025 | sparse | |
#20608 | unparalleled | |
#21962 | scarcely | |
#32135 | infrequent | |
#37666 | scant | |
#39244 | incomparable | |
#42060 | meager | |
#67015 | scantily | |
#67860 | meagre |
How to use scarce in a sentence?
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth. (said of Mahatma Gandhi)
Prosecutions of market manipulation by the government are as scarce as hen's teeth.
Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce
The earthquake has caused unimaginable destruction, hospitals are overflowing, water is scarce, bodies are still buried under the rubble and people are still sleeping in the open. This is a perfect breeding ground for disease.
Translations for scarce
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- نادرArabic
- vzácnýCzech
- spärlichGerman
- escasoSpanish
- nappEstonian
- نادر, کمیاب, ناکافیPersian
- niukkaFinnish
- rareFrench
- ainneamh, gannScottish Gaelic
- दुर्लभHindi
- ritkaHungarian
- scarsoItalian
- 稀なJapanese
- 드문Korean
- trūcīgsLatvian
- ongeonge, ongeMāori
- оскуденMacedonian
- schaarsDutch
- escassoPortuguese
- скудныйRussian
- knappSwedish
- nadraSwahili
- ender, nadide, nadirTurkish
- khan hiếmVietnamese
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