scant

1 of 3

adjective

ˈskant

dialect

: excessively frugal

: not prodigal : chary

: barely or scarcely sufficient

especially : not quite coming up to a stated measure

a scant teaspoon

: lacking in amplitude or quantity

scant growth

: having a small or insufficient supply

he's fat, and scant of breath

William Shakespeare

scantly adverb

scantness noun

scant

2 of 3

adverb

dialect

: scarcely, hardly

scant

3 of 3

verb

scanted; scanting; scants

transitive verb

: to provide an incomplete supply of

: to make small, narrow, or meager

: to give scant attention to : slight

: to provide with a meager or inadequate portion or supply : stint

Example Sentences

Adjective Food was in scant supply. She paid scant attention to the facts. Police found scant evidence of fraud. Verb don't scant the peanut butter on those sandwiches!

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Details are scant, but the title, Blade Runner 2099, hints at a story set 50 years after Denis Villeneuve's Harrison Ford-Ryan Gosling vehicle.

Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 16 Sep. 2022 Details are scant, but rangers with the National Park Service reported the skeletal remains were found around 8 p.m. Monday at the lake’s Swim Beach.

Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Polling is scant, but interest in the referendum appears high.

Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 New business development and home construction are scant.

Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 19 June 2022 The stories Caminiti told in rehab, though the patients re-telling them are scant on particulars after all these years, were confirmed in the book by Caminiti’s attorney Terry Yates, who didn’t go into detail because of attorney-client privilege.

Matt Young, Chron, 10 May 2022 While details are scant, the new shots contain two major changes.

Madison Muller, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022 Per usual with Fargo, character details are scant at the moment.

Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2022 Information about how Jynneos performs in people with H.I.V., particularly in those with severe immune problems, was already scant.

New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022

Adverb

How come scant few of America’s leading art museums own or display his work?

Chadd Scott, Forbes, 30 May 2021

Verb

There were few roads or trails or even paths to follow and scant potable water, but plenty of pit vipers and tarantulas.

Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022 In most cases, the Electoral College vote is a mere formality that carries no drama and garners scant public attention.

Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 18 Dec. 2020 Bennett’s story began in southern Georgia’s rural Brantley County, home to scant football tradition when the Bennetts arrived from the Atlanta suburbs in 2004.

Laine Higgins And Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020 Yet geriatrics is badly scanted in standard medical training.

Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020 Issues that involve race — such as voting-rights cases and challenges to affirmative action in higher education — receive extensive treatment, while other, no less interesting and important questions are scanted or ignored.

Carson Holloway, National Review, 20 June 2019 Foxhall’s history of migraine, unlike the self-help books, accommodates human complexity without scanting medicine’s contributions to a condition that affects roughly 1 in 7 people on our planet.

Sibbie O'sullivan, Washington Post, 10 June 2019 Yet, in his close attention to what the men inside the White House thought and did, Zeitz scants the larger reasons for their success and eventual downfall.

Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2018 Hospitals and heroic interventions got the large investments; incrementalists were scanted.

Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017 See More

scant 1 of 2

adjective

as in sparse

less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable jobs for teenagers were scant that summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

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sparse
scarce
scanty
meager
lacking
poor
skimpy
meagre
light
mere
spare
lowest
sparing
small
insufficient
short
exiguous
skimp
slender
inadequate
stingy
niggardly
minimal
slim
hand-to-mouth
least
deficient
thin on the ground
thin
slightest
wanting
slight
bare-bones
littlest
bare
sterile
barren
unfruitful
unproductive
infertile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

ample
sufficient
adequate
copious
abundant
enough
satisfactory
plentiful
generous
bountiful
liberal
tolerable
rich
fertile
plenteous
fruitful
prolific
extra
fat
lavish
excess
bursting
luxuriant
fecund
flourishing
thriving
surplus
proliferative
teeming
blooming
swarming

scant

2 of 2

verb

as in to spare

to use or give out in stingy amounts don't scant the peanut butter on those sandwiches!

Synonyms & Similar Words

spare
conserve
preserve
dole out
stint (on)
skimp (on)
pinch
shortchange
nurse
mete (out)
portion (out)
ration (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

lavish
pour
heap
rain
shower

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of scant are meager, scanty, skimpy, spare, and sparse. While all these words mean "falling short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable," scant suggests a falling short of what is desired or desirable rather than of what is essential.

in January the daylight hours are scant

The meanings of meager and scant largely overlap; however, meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or numbers necessary to a thing's richness, substance, or potency.

a meager portion of meat

The words scanty and scant are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, scanty stresses insufficiency in amount, quantity, or extent.

supplies too scanty to last the winter

The synonyms skimpy and scant are sometimes interchangeable, but skimpy usually suggests niggardliness or penury as the cause of the deficiency.

tacky housing developments on skimpy lots

While in some cases nearly identical to scant, spare may suggest a slight falling short of adequacy or merely an absence of superfluity.

a spare, concise style of writing

The words sparse and scant can be used in similar contexts, but sparse implies a thin scattering of units.

a sparse population

单词	scant
释义	scant 1 of 3 adjective ˈskant 1 dialect a : excessively frugal b : not prodigal : chary 2 a : barely or scarcely sufficient especially : not quite coming up to a stated measure a scant teaspoon b : lacking in amplitude or quantity scant growth 3 : having a small or insufficient supply he's fat, and scant of breath William Shakespeare scantly adverb scantness noun scant 2 of 3 adverb dialect : scarcely, hardly scant 3 of 3 verb scanted; scanting; scants transitive verb 1 : to provide an incomplete supply of 2 : to make small, narrow, or meager 3 : to give scant attention to : slight 4 : to provide with a meager or inadequate portion or supply : stint Synonyms Adjective exiguous hand-to-mouth light meager meagre niggardly poor scanty scarce skimp skimpy slender slim spare sparing sparse stingy Verb nurse skimp (on) spare stint (on) See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective Food was in scant supply. She paid scant attention to the facts. Police found scant evidence of fraud. Verb don't scant the peanut butter on those sandwiches! Recent Examples on the Web Adjective Details are scant, but the title, Blade Runner 2099, hints at a story set 50 years after Denis Villeneuve's Harrison Ford-Ryan Gosling vehicle. Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 16 Sep. 2022 Details are scant, but rangers with the National Park Service reported the skeletal remains were found around 8 p.m. Monday at the lake’s Swim Beach. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Polling is scant, but interest in the referendum appears high. Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 New business development and home construction are scant. Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 19 June 2022 The stories Caminiti told in rehab, though the patients re-telling them are scant on particulars after all these years, were confirmed in the book by Caminiti’s attorney Terry Yates, who didn’t go into detail because of attorney-client privilege. Matt Young, Chron, 10 May 2022 While details are scant, the new shots contain two major changes. Madison Muller, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022 Per usual with Fargo, character details are scant at the moment. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2022 Information about how Jynneos performs in people with H.I.V., particularly in those with severe immune problems, was already scant. New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 Adverb How come scant few of America’s leading art museums own or display his work? Chadd Scott, Forbes, 30 May 2021 Verb There were few roads or trails or even paths to follow and scant potable water, but plenty of pit vipers and tarantulas. Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022 In most cases, the Electoral College vote is a mere formality that carries no drama and garners scant public attention. Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 18 Dec. 2020 Bennett’s story began in southern Georgia’s rural Brantley County, home to scant football tradition when the Bennetts arrived from the Atlanta suburbs in 2004. Laine Higgins And Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020 Yet geriatrics is badly scanted in standard medical training. Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020 Issues that involve race — such as voting-rights cases and challenges to affirmative action in higher education — receive extensive treatment, while other, no less interesting and important questions are scanted or ignored. Carson Holloway, National Review, 20 June 2019 Foxhall’s history of migraine, unlike the self-help books, accommodates human complexity without scanting medicine’s contributions to a condition that affects roughly 1 in 7 people on our planet. Sibbie O'sullivan, Washington Post, 10 June 2019 Yet, in his close attention to what the men inside the White House thought and did, Zeitz scants the larger reasons for their success and eventual downfall. Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2018 Hospitals and heroic interventions got the large investments; incrementalists were scanted. Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017 See More Word History Etymology Adjective Middle English, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr short First Known Use Adjective 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Adverb 15th century, in the meaning defined above Verb circa 1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition scant adjective ˈskant 1 : barely enough Ramona paid scant attention to this little speech … Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby, Age 8 2 : not quite to a full amount, degree, or extent He poured a scant cup of milk. scant 1 of 2 adjective as in sparse less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable jobs for teenagers were scant that summer Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance sparse scarce scanty meager lacking poor skimpy meagre light mere spare lowest sparing small insufficient short exiguous skimp slender inadequate stingy niggardly minimal slim hand-to-mouth least deficient thin on the ground thin slightest wanting slight bare-bones littlest bare sterile barren unfruitful unproductive infertile Antonyms & Near Antonyms ample sufficient adequate copious abundant enough satisfactory plentiful generous bountiful liberal tolerable rich fertile plenteous fruitful prolific extra fat lavish excess bursting luxuriant fecund flourishing thriving surplus proliferative teeming blooming swarming See More scant 2 of 2 verb as in to spare to use or give out in stingy amounts don't scant the peanut butter on those sandwiches! Synonyms & Similar Words spare conserve preserve dole out stint (on) skimp (on) pinch shortchange nurse mete (out) portion (out) ration (out) Antonyms & Near Antonyms lavish pour heap rain shower Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of scant are meager, scanty, skimpy, spare, and sparse. While all these words mean "falling short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable," scant suggests a falling short of what is desired or desirable rather than of what is essential. in January the daylight hours are scant The meanings of meager and scant largely overlap; however, meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or numbers necessary to a thing's richness, substance, or potency. a meager portion of meat The words scanty and scant are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, scanty stresses insufficiency in amount, quantity, or extent. supplies too scanty to last the winter The synonyms skimpy and scant are sometimes interchangeable, but skimpy usually suggests niggardliness or penury as the cause of the deficiency. tacky housing developments on skimpy lots While in some cases nearly identical to scant, spare may suggest a slight falling short of adequacy or merely an absence of superfluity. a spare, concise style of writing The words sparse and scant can be used in similar contexts, but sparse implies a thin scattering of units. a sparse population
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