scarce

The word “scarce” has 1 syllable: scarce

It's pronounced as /skɛrs/


What is synonym and antonym for scarce?

In the thesaurus, “scarce” has 47 synonyms and 52 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for scarce

Antonyms for scarce

Meanings of scarce

  • adjective
    1. Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
    2. Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of.
  • adverb
    1. Scarcely, only just.

Example Sentences

  • During the drought, clean drinking water became scarce.
  • Jobs were scarce in the small rural town.
  • As night fell, the hikers realized that food was growing scarce.
  • After the storm, batteries and flashlights were scarce in stores.
  • Medical supplies are often scarce in remote areas.

On this page you'll find 99 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to scarce, such as: abounding, abundant, adequate, ample, bare, bare-bones, barren.

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

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valuable

  • admired
  • advantage
  • antique
  • appreciated
  • asset
  • beneficial
  • benefit
  • big-ticket
  • blessing
  • booty
  • brass ring
  • catch
  • cherished
  • collectible
  • commodity
  • costly
  • dear
  • deluxe
  • esteemed
  • estimable
  • exorbitant
  • expensive
  • extravagant
  • find
  • gem
  • glory
  • godsend
  • gold
  • goodie
  • goody
  • heirloom
  • held dear
  • helpful
  • high
  • high-end
  • high-priced
  • high-ticket
  • hot
  • hot property
  • important
  • in demand
  • inestimable
  • invaluable
  • jackpot
  • jewel
  • loot
  • luxurious
  • nugget
  • of value
  • overpriced
  • pearl
  • plum
  • plunder
  • precious
  • premium
  • priceless
  • pricey
  • pricy
  • pride
  • prize
  • prize money
  • prized
  • profitable
  • prohibitive
  • relevant
  • respected
  • scarce
  • serviceable
  • sky-high
  • spendy
  • spoil
  • steep
  • stiff
  • sumptuous
  • swag
  • treasure
  • treasure trove
  • treasured
  • ultraexpensive
  • unaffordable
  • uneconomic
  • uneconomical
  • unreasonable
  • useful
  • valued
  • windfall
  • worthwhile
  • worthy

failing

half-pint

  • Lilliputian
  • bantam
  • bite-size
  • bite-sized
  • bitty
  • boy
  • buddy
  • cadet
  • capsule
  • child
  • cipher
  • deficient
  • diminutive
  • dinky
  • dwarf
  • dwarfed
  • dwarfish
  • feeble
  • fellow
  • figurehead
  • fine
  • fragile
  • frail
  • gamin
  • guy
  • homunculus
  • inadequate
  • inappreciable
  • inconsequential
  • inferior
  • infinitesimal
  • infirm
  • insect
  • insignificancy
  • insufficient
  • junior
  • juvenile
  • kid
  • lacking
  • least
  • lightweight
  • little
  • little bitty
  • little guy
  • little one
  • little shaver
  • meager
  • meagre
  • measly
  • mediocrity
  • micro
  • microscopic
  • microscopical
  • mini
  • miniature
  • miniaturized
  • minikin
  • minim
  • minor
  • minuscule
  • minute
  • mite
  • morsel
  • niggardly
  • niggling
  • no-name
  • nobody
  • noncelebrity
  • nonentity
  • nonperson
  • nothing
  • nullity
  • number
  • obscurity
  • paltry
  • peanut
  • peewee
  • petty
  • picayune
  • piddling
  • pigmy
  • pinpoint
  • pint-size
  • pint-sized
  • pip-squeak
  • pocket
  • pocket-size
  • pocket-sized
  • poor
  • punk
  • puny
  • puppet
  • puppy
  • pygmy
  • runt
  • runted
  • runtish
  • runty
  • scant
  • scanty
  • scarce
  • schoolboy
  • scrub
  • scrubby
  • shaver
  • short
  • shot
  • shrimp
  • shrimpy
  • skimp
  • skimpy
  • slender
  • slight
  • slim
  • small
  • small fry
  • small time
  • small-fry
  • smallish
  • snippersnapper
  • son
  • sonny
  • spare
  • sparse
  • sprout
  • squirt
  • stingy
  • stripling
  • stunted
  • subnormal
  • tadpole
  • teensy
  • teensy-weensy
  • teeny
  • teeny-weeny
  • tiny
  • toy
  • toylike
  • trifling
  • trivial
  • twerp
  • two-bit
  • unconsequential
  • underfed
  • undergrown
  • undersize
  • undersized
  • undeveloped
  • unsound
  • unsubstantial
  • wanting
  • weak
  • weakly
  • wee
  • weensy
  • weeny
  • whippersnapper
  • worthless
  • yea big
  • yea high
  • young one
  • youngster
  • youth
  • zero
  • zilch

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