Entry Word: meager

Function: adjective

Meaning:

or meagre

less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable <ever since he started the diet, his dinners have been more meager than he would like>

Synonyms hand-to-mouth, light, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy

Related Words deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting; bare, mere, minimum; slight, small; barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive

Near Antonyms adequate, enough, sufficient; fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, prolific, rich; lavish, luxuriant; blooming, bursting, flourishing, swarming, teeming, thriving

Antonyms abundant, ample, bountiful, copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful