Adjective

  1. extremely scanty; “an exiguous budget”
    • Similar to
      • meager
      • meagre
      • meagerly
      • stingy
      • scrimpy
    • Related
      • meagerness
      • meagreness
      • leanness
      • poorness
      • scantiness
      • scantness
      • exiguity
  1. 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

  1. 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