| 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 | ||