SCARCITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does scarcity mean? • SCARCITY (noun)
The noun SCARCITY has 1 sense:
1. a small and inadequate amount
Familiarity information: SCARCITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SCARCITY (noun)
Meaning:
A small and inadequate amount
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
scarceness; scarcity
Hypernyms ("scarcity" is a kind of...):
deficiency; inadequacy; insufficiency (lack of an adequate quantity or number)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scarcity"):
dearth; paucity (an insufficient quantity or number)
infrequency; rareness; rarity (noteworthy scarcity)
Antonym:
abundance (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply)
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