scants

The word “scants” has 1 syllable: scants

It's pronounced as /skænts/


What is synonym and antonym for scants?

In the thesaurus, “scants” has 7 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for scants along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for scants

  • conserves
  • doles out
  • nurses
  • pinches
  • preserves
  • shortchanges
  • spares

Antonyms for scants

Meanings of scants

  • noun
    1. A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
    2. A sheet of stone.
    3. (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
    4. A type of underwear worn by men.

Example Sentences

  • The recipe scants the flour, so you need to make sure you have enough.
  • He was known to scants his responsibilities, leaving others to do the work.
  • They scants their time when it comes to handling important tasks.
  • The manager often scants the details in his reports, making them unclear.
  • The workers were given scants of materials, making it difficult to complete the project.

On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to scants, such as: conserves, doles out, heaps, lavishes, nurses, pinches, pours.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

ignores

neglects

  • abandonments
  • affront
  • be careless
  • be derelict
  • be irresponsible
  • be negligent
  • be remiss
  • brush aside
  • brush off
  • bypass
  • bypasses
  • carelessness
  • chaos
  • condemn
  • coolness
  • decays
  • decrepitudes
  • defaults
  • defer
  • delay
  • delinquency
  • depreciate
  • dereliction
  • derelictions
  • desertions
  • desolations
  • despise
  • deteriorations
  • detest
  • dilapidation
  • dilapidations
  • discard
  • discount
  • disdain
  • disdains
  • disintegrations
  • dismiss
  • disregard
  • disregardance
  • disregards
  • disrepairs
  • disrespect
  • elide
  • evade
  • fails
  • forgetfulness
  • forgets
  • gloss over
  • have nothing to do with
  • heedlessness
  • ignore
  • ignores
  • inadvertence
  • inattention
  • inattentions
  • inconsideration
  • indifference
  • lapse
  • laugh off
  • laxity
  • laxness
  • let go
  • let pass
  • let slide
  • limbo
  • live with
  • look the other way
  • lose sight of
  • make light of
  • miss
  • misses
  • misses out on
  • neglectfulness
  • negligence
  • negligences
  • not care for
  • not trouble oneself
  • omission
  • omit
  • omits
  • overleap
  • overlook
  • overlooks
  • overpass
  • overpasses
  • oversight
  • pass by
  • pass over
  • pass up
  • passes over
  • pay no attention to
  • pay no mind
  • pooh-poohs
  • poohs
  • postpone
  • pretermission
  • pretermit
  • pretermits
  • procrastinate
  • rebuff
  • reject
  • rejects
  • remissness
  • ruinations
  • ruins
  • scant
  • scants
  • scorn
  • scorns
  • shirk
  • shirks
  • shrug off
  • shrugs off
  • skimp
  • skimps
  • skip
  • skips
  • slackness
  • slides
  • slight
  • slights
  • slips
  • slovenliness
  • slur
  • spurn
  • suspend
  • think little of
  • thoughtlessness
  • trifle
  • tune out
  • unconcern
  • underestimate

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