Adjective
- extremely scanty; “an exiguous budget”
- Similar to
- meager
- meagre
- meagerly
- stingy
- scrimpy
- Related
- meagerness
- meagreness
- leanness
- poorness
- scantiness
- scantness
- exiguity
- Similar to
- exiguous - LookUp adjective
- formal very small in size or amount my exiguous musical resources
Origin
mid 17th century : from Latin exiguus scanty (from exigere weigh exactly ) + -ous
Thesaurus
Adjective
- the exiguous post-war sugar ration
Similar Words: meagre inadequate insufficient small scant scanty paltry negligible limited restricted modest sparse spare deficient skimpy short little miserable pitiful puny miserly beggarly measly stingy pathetic piddling
Opposites: ample generous