exiguous
exiguous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] "Exiguous resources." Carlyle. -- Ex*ig"uous*ness, n. [R.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- any
- between
- cull
- decimate
- decimation
- diminish
- eliminate
- elimination
- eradication
- exiguity
- far
- few
- fewness
- handful
- hardly
- here
- infrequency
- infrequent
- maniple
- minority
- number
- paucity
- quantity
- rare
- rarely
- rarity
- reduce
- reduction
- render
- sarculation
- scant
- scanty
- scarcely
- scattered
- small
- spotty
- the
- there
- thin
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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