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