meager

Other forms of meager

comparative

meagerrer·

superlative

meagerrest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about meager

What does meager mean?

meager means "deficient in amount or quality or extent".

How many syllables are in meager?

meager has 2 syllables: mea-ger. The stress falls on "mea". In IPA it is /ˈmiɡɚ/.

What is another word for meager?

Close synonyms include meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of meager?

The recorded antonyms are ample.

Is meager a common word?

meager is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.