scrimpy

Other forms of scrimpy

comparative

scrimpier·

superlative

scrimpiest·

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 scrimpy

What does scrimpy mean?

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

How many syllables are in scrimpy?

scrimpy has 2 syllables and divides as scrim-py under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for scrimpy?

Close synonyms include meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy. 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.

Is scrimpy a common word?

scrimpy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.