scarcity (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *scarcity*:
NOUN	attribute	scarcity, scarceness	a small and inadequate amount

scarcity > pronunciation
Sounds	skeh'rsihtiy
Rhymes	ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy...

English > *scarcity*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	A small and inadequate amount.
Synonym	scarceness
Narrower	dearth, paucity	An insufficient quantity or number
Narrower	rarity, rareness, infrequency	noteworthy scarcity
Broader	insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency	lack of an adequate quantity or number
Opposite	abundance, copiousness, teemingness	The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
Spanish	apretura, carestía, escasez, exigüidad, falta, parvedad
Catalan	escassetat
Adjectives	scarce	deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

HyperDic: scarcity