meager in English dictionary

  • meager

    Meanings and definitions of "meager"

    • Having little flesh; lean; thin.
    • Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
    • adjective
      Having little flesh; lean; thin.
    • adjective
      Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
    • adjective
      (set theory)
      Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
    • adjective
      (mineralogy)
      Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To make lean.
    • lean
    • poor, deficient or inferior
    • adjective
      deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

    Synonyms of "meager" in English dictionary

    deficient, spare, hardscrabble are the top synonyms of "meager" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "meager" in English dictionary

    ample is the antonym of "meager" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of meager

    • meager ( comparative meagerer, superlative meagerest)
    • meager (comparative meagerer, superlative meagerest)
    • meager (third-person singular simple present meagers, present participle meagering, simple past and past participle meagered)
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