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Bookmark or Share- Meager - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comMeager means small and often applies to portions. Your mother may only allow you a meager serving of chocolate cake, and you may need to eat a meager serving of veggies in order to deserve that dessert. Meager doesn't mean adequate — it means not enough.
- Meager Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. : having little flesh : thin. meager were his looks, sharp misery had worn him to the bones William Shakespeare. 2. a. : lacking desirable qualities (such as richness or strength) leading a meager life. b. : deficient in quality or quantity. a meager diet. meagerly adverb. meagerness noun. Synonyms. exiguous. hand-to-mouth. light. niggardly.
- MEAGER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryvery small in amount or number; only as much or not as much as is needed or thought to be suitable: The food at my grandmother's house was meager and barely edible. (Definition of meager from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of meager. meager.
- Meager Definition & Meaning | YourDictionaryVerb. Filter. adjective. meagerer, meagerest. Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty. American Heritage. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble. The meager soil of an eroded plain. American Heritage. Thin; lean; emaciated. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
- MEAGER Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-WebsterSynonyms for MEAGER: sparse, scarce, poor, scant, scanty, insufficient, skimpy, lowest; Antonyms of MEAGER: adequate, sufficient, ample, abundant, generous, plentiful, copious, enough
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