The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCANT , but the solution may also be SCANTY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Meager crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCANT | 38 % | 5 |
| SPARSE | 17 % | 6 |
| SLIM | 11 % | 4 |
| SCANTY | 9 % | 6 |
| LENTEN | 6 % | 6 |
| LEAN | 4 % | 4 |
| POOR | 3 % | 4 |
| PALTRY | 2 % | 6 |
| SKIMPY | 2 % | 6 |
| SLENDER | 1 % | 7 |
| FEW | 1 % | 3 |
| SPARE | 1 % | 5 |
| SCARCE | 1 % | 6 |
| EXIGUOUS | 1 % | 8 |
| THIN | 1 % | 4 |
| UNPLY | 0 % | 5 |
| BARE | 0 % | 4 |
| SCRIMPY | 0 % | 7 |
| LANK | 0 % | 4 |
| STINGY | 0 % | 6 |
| PUNY | 0 % | 4 |
Why may SCANT be the right solution?
The word "meager" means lacking in quantity or quality. The word "scant" also means lacking or insufficient. Therefore, "scant" is the right answer because it is a synonym of "meager".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Meager
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- exiguous
- scrimpy
- scanty
- spare
- paltry
- hand-to-mouth
- stingy
- ungenerous
- miserable
- bare
- marginal
- hardscrabble
Crossword Answer definitions
SCANT adjective- Very little, very few.
- Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
- To limit in amount or share; to stint.
- To fail, or become less; to scantle.
- A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
- A sheet of stone.
- (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
- Scarcity; lack.
- With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SCANT
- Meager
- Barely adequate
- Barely sufficient
- Marginally enough
- Mere
- Barely enough
- Few and far between
- Grudging, as attention
- Limited
- In short supply
More clues leading to the result SPARSE
- Few and far between
- Meager
- Hardly filled in
- Inadequate
- Widely scattered
- Hardly packed
- Thinly scattered
- Far from dense
- Scattered
- Thin
More clues leading to the result SLIM
- Actor Pickens
- Narrow of shape
- Pickens, the actor
- Lose it
- Willowy
- Fat free?
- Highly unlikely
- Nigh impossible
- Unlikely
- Carlos ___ (Mexican businessman who has a controlling interest in the New York Times)
More clues leading to the result SCANTY
- Meager
- Sparse
- Insufficient
- Barely adequate
- Like a string bikini
- Minimal
- Like some beachwear
- Like some bathing suits
- Meager; sparse
- Barely sufficient
More clues leading to the result LENTEN
- Fast time season
- Meager
- Pre-Easter
- Pertaining to the pre-Easter time
- Of fast times?
- Austere
- Meager, as fare
- Of a fast period
- Of a spring season
- Like the season before Easter
More clues leading to the result LEAN
- Like Spratt
- Like superior deli meat
- Low in fat, meatwise
- Deli order add-on
- "Lawrence of Arabia" director
- Bend away from the vertical
- Like Jack Sprat
- Rangy
- Sprat's preference
- "Ryan's Daughter" director
More clues leading to the result POOR
- Down-and-out
- Not so hot
- Badly off
- Hardly worth a D
- Lacking in value
- Less than good
- Standard's partner
- Far from the 1%
- Low-quality
- Second-rate
More clues leading to the result PALTRY
- Mere
- Contemptibly small
- Picayune
- Trivial
- Insignificant
- Trifling
- Hardly worth mentioning
- Measly
- Meager
- Ridiculously small
More clues leading to the result SKIMPY
- Barely sufficient
- Like many a bikini
- Like a revealing bathing suit
- Not covering much
- Like Speedos
- Too thrifty
- Far from generous
- Meager
- Revealing, in a way
- Revealing lots of skin
More clues leading to the result SLENDER
- Like a successful dieter
- Svelte
- Trim
- Wispy
- Having a trim figure
- Willowy
- Reedlike
- Gracefully thin
- Lean
- Adjective for a model
More clues leading to the result FEW
- "A __ Good Men"
- Not many
- Limited number
- USMC poster word
- Hardly any
- A handful
- A limited number of
- Handful
- Precious amount?
- Small handful
More clues leading to the result SPARE
- Next best thing to a strike
- Left over
- Type of tire
- Diagonal line, on a score sheet
- Donut in a trunk
- Flat replacement
- It may be found in the trunk
- Trunk item
- Do without
- Converted split
More clues leading to the result SCARCE
- Hard to find
- Difficult to find
- Few and far between
- Like hen's teeth
- Tough to find
- In short supply
- Inadequate
- Like hens' teeth
- Rare
- Hard to come by
More clues leading to the result EXIGUOUS
More clues leading to the result THIN
More clues leading to the result UNPLY
More clues leading to the result BARE
- In one's birthday suit
- Reveal
- Uncover
- Like some bones?
- Precedes back and bones
- Unadorned
- Without clothes
- Without the usual covering
- Unfurnished
- Like some shoulders at a ball
More clues leading to the result SCRIMPY
More clues leading to the result LANK
- Long and lean
- Limp, of hair
- Slender
- Tall and thin
- Rangy
- Long and slender
- Unduly long and slender, as grass
- Lean
- Slender and thin
- Gaunt
More clues leading to the result STINGY
- Penny-pinching
- Parsimonious
- Cheap
- Tight
- Liberal's opposite
- Tight-fisted
- Not at all generous
- Scroogean
- Not very generous
- Scrooge-like