meager
meager is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery. "Meager soil." Dryden. Of secular habits and meager religious belief. I. Taylor. His education had been but meager. Motley.
- 2.(Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
- 3.To make lean. [Obs.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- arrear
- bald
- banyan
- bland
- break
- careless
- caret
- cherry
- childish
- clem
- cold
- colorless
- commons
- complete
- crude
- day
- defalcation
- default
- defect
- defective
- deficiency
- deficient
- deficit
- diet
- diffuse
- dine
- discontinuity
- dry
- dull
- entertainment
- failing
- fall
- famish
- famishment
- fast
- feast
- feeble
- feebleness
- flatulent
- frigid
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: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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