Synonyms for meager
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mee-ger |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmi gər |
Top 10 synonyms for meager Other synonyms for the word meager
- angular
- bare
- barren
- beanpole
- beanstalk
- bony
- broomstick
- deficient
- emaciated
- exiguous
- flimsy
- gangling
- gangly
- gaunt
- hungry
- inappreciable
- inconsiderable
- infertile
- insubstantial
- lacking
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- lithe
- little
- narrow
- rattleboned
- rawboned
- scraggy
- scrawny
- scrimp
- scrimpy
- shabby
- short
- skimp
- skin and bones
- skinny
- slender
- slight
- spare
- sparse
- starved
- stinted
- stunted
- subtle
- tenuous
- too little too late
- underfed
- unfinished
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- wanting
- weak
- willowy
- withered
Définition of meager
Origin :- late 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), "lean, thin, emaciated" (of persons or animals), from Old French megre, maigre "thin" (12c.), from Latin macrum (nominative macer) "lean, thin" (source of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian magro), from PIE *makro- (see macro-). Of material things (land, food, etc.) from early 15c. Cognate Germanic words (Old Norse magr "thin," Old High German magar, German mager, Middle Dutch magher, Dutch mager, Old English mæger) come directly from the PIE root via Proto-Germanic *magras and are not from Latin.
- adj small, inadequate; poor
- adj very thin
- With his meager strength he assisted, and the two managed to lower the body gently.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Yet, his comment, meager as it was, stood wholly in Mary's favor.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- They were beautiful eyes, but the rest of Rose, oh, how pinched and meager!
- Extract from : « Gloria and Treeless Street » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- It was part of my plan, this meager manning of the bandit ship.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- The help they offered was meager, and slow, but it sufficed.
- Extract from : « Under Arctic Ice » by H.G. Winter
- The curriculum was meager, the teaching poor and the discipline cruel.
- Extract from : « Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark » by Jens Christian Aaberg
- The meager record of Florida necessitated about thirty letters of inquiry.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- We were ready—as ready as we could be with our meager equipment.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
- What meager tithe do you bestow upon the religion of which you speak so much?
- Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
- His education was meager, but he had mastered Daboll's Arithmetic.
- Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
Antonyms for meager
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