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Synonyms for scarce in English

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scarce:
- scarce; uncommon
- scarce
- just; scarce; barely; hardly; scarcely

English

Detailed Synonyms for scarce in English

scarce:

scarce adj

scarce
scarce; uncommon
- scarce adj
- uncommon adj

scarce adj

scarce

– deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand ¹
scarce
– deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand ¹
- scarce adj
  - fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought¹

scarce adv

scarce

– only a very short time before ¹
just; scarce; barely; hardly; scarcely
– only a very short time before ¹
- just adv
  - just missed being hit¹
- scarce adv
  - would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave¹
- barely adv
  - they could barely hear the speaker¹
- hardly adv
  - we hardly knew them¹
- scarcely adv
  - had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open¹

Related Words for "scarce":

scarceness, scarcer, scarcest, scarcely

Alternate Synonyms for "scarce":

insufficient; deficient
rare; tight; meager; meagre; meagerly; stingy; scrimpy
barely; hardly; just; scarcely

Antonyms for "scarce":

abundant

Related Definitions for "scarce":

deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand¹
- fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought¹
only a very short time before¹
- would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave¹

Related Synonyms for scarce

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