ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsSscant
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scant
Meaning: barely sufficient or falling short of a full amount
scant in a sentence
How scant is used in real sentences:
The hikers survived on scant rations for the last two days of the trip.
The report offered only scant details about the accident.
“Although a drought may be transient, its narrow ring can remain visible for centuries, even when written records are scant.”
— from the passage The Archive in Wood
Synonyms for scant
Other words for scant — meager, sparse and insufficient — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of scant
Words that mean the opposite of scant:
Where it comes from
From Old Norse skamt 'short'
Memory hook
SCANT sounds like 'CAN'T get enough' — there's scant supply, so you can't get enough.