English noun: scarceness | |||
1. | scarceness (attribute) a small and inadequate amount | ||
Synonyms | scarcity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dearth, infrequency, paucity, rareness, rarity | ||
Antonyms | abundance, copiousness, teemingness | ||