Scantness [noun]

Definition of Scantness:

shortage

Synonyms of Scantness:

● Scarcity

● Scarceness

● Lack

● Defect

● Dearth

● Deficiency

● Shortcoming

● Want

● Inadequacy

● Deficit

● Weakness

● Paucity

● Failure

● Insufficiency

● Curtailment

● Shortfall

● Pinch

● Lapse

● Scantiness

● Poverty

● Underage

● Tightness

● Leanness

● Defalcation


Opposite/Antonyms of Scantness:

● Strength

● Lot

● Excess

● Achievement

● Affluence

● Success

● Strong point

● Adequacy

● Sufficiency

● Perfection

● Advantage

● Plenty

● Enough

● Surplus

● Abundance


Sentence/Example of Scantness:

Wasn't there a good deal of talk about the scantness of some of the ladies' dresses?

This was the quelling they brought, a scantness of drink that seized him.

Her satin dress was a mere sheath, so conspicuous by its severity and scantness that every one in the dining-room stared.

Then immediately, through the scantness of the apartment, he heard the outer bell resound.