Synonyms & related words for meager

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of meager — including scrimpy, paltry, exiguous, scanty, stingy, scant. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to meager

Explore words related to meager — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include meagerly, exiguousness, exiguity, exiguously, measly, scantness, punily, scantiness. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for meager

Common synonyms for meager include scrimpy, paltry, exiguous, scanty, stingy, scant, skimpy, piddling — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does meager come from?

The word meager breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root meager, from Latin macer (“lean, thin”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.