ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsMmeager
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meager
Meaning: lacking in size or amount; scanty
meager in a sentence
How meager is used in real sentences:
The stranded hikers rationed their meager supply of food for three days.
Their meager harvest that year barely fed the village through winter.
“A meager berry crop pushed robins toward lawns, but the ground beside warm buildings rarely froze.”
— from the passage The Winter Choice
Synonyms for meager
Other words for meager — scant, sparse and paltry — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of meager
Words that mean the opposite of meager:
Where it comes from
From Old French maigre 'thin'
Memory hook
MEAGER sounds like MEAGER MEAL — a tiny, skimpy portion of food.