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Adjectives (1)
thin
adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
Fuzzynyms (88)
blind, unreasonable, unreasoning
adj. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
hideous, horrid, outrageous
adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
incongruous, unreasonable, absurd
adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
overpriced
adj. too costly for the value; "overpriced items at resort shops"
expensive
adj. high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"
steep, exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious
adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
giving, liberal, big, handsome, bountiful, bounteous, openhanded, free-handed, big-hearted
adj. given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
extreme, Olympian, great, exceptional, prodigious, exceeding, surpassing
adj. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"
abundant
adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
exuberant, excessive, overweening, extravagant
adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
scotch, sparing, economical, frugal, stinting
adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
moderate, temperate
adj. not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"
fair, fairish, reasonable
adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
outermost, outmost
adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center
bleached, faded, washed-out, washy
adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"
pale, pastel, whitish, palish, light-colored, light-coloured
adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
meager, meagre, meagerly, meagrely
adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
scarce
adj. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
lean, skimpy
adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
short, inadequate, poor
adj. not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"
spare, scanty, bare, scant
adj. lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
deficient, insufficient
adj. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"
small, little
adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"
slight, insubstantial
adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
ungenerous, stingy
adj. unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
grasping, greedy, avaricious, covetous, grabby, prehensile
adj. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
Synonyms (22)
apportioned, doled out, meted out, parceled out, dealt out
adj. given out in portions
diffuse
adj. spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization"
diffused
adj. (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material; "diffused light"
dispensed
adj. distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions; "medicines dispensed to the sick"
spread, dispersed
adj. distributed or spread over a considerable extent; "has ties with many widely dispersed friends"; "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe"
divided, shared, divided up, shared out
adj. distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
encyclical
adj. intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter"
rationed
adj. distributed equitably in limited individual portions; "got along as best we could on rationed meat and sugar"
scattered, widespread
adj. distributed over a considerable extent; "far-flung trading operations"; "the West's far-flung mountain ranges"; "widespread nuclear fallout"
separated, spaced
adj. spaced apart
unfocused, unfocussed
adj. not concentrated at one point or upon one objective; "diversity...in our huge unfocused country"- Owen Wister
Antonyms (12)
fertile, prolific
adj. bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"
voluminous
adj. large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt"
emotional, effusive, gushing, gushy
adj. extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry"
profligate, spendthrift, lavish, extravagant, prodical
adj. recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
sparse
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