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Adjectives (2)

sparse, thin

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

Fuzzynyms (75)

blind, unreasoning

adj. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"

hideous, horrid, horrific, 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"

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"

exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, 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"

big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded

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"

great

adj. remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"

abundant

adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening

adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, 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"

pastel

adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"

meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy

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"

light, scant(p), short

adj. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"

bare(a), scanty, spare

adj. lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"

insufficient, deficient

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"

stingy, ungenerous

adj. unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, 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 (20)

apportioned, dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled 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

adj. prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out; "a table spread with food"

divided, divided up, shared, 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

adj. occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space; "scattered showers"; "scattered villages"

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 (10)

prolific, fertile

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"

effusive, gushing(a), gushy

adj. extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry"

extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift

adj. recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"

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