scant: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of scant
- descant«Word Popularity Bar2/5
descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
discant.
- verb sing in descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- coruscant1/5
coruscant
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
glittery; fulgid; glistering; scintillant; sparkly; aglitter; glinting; scintillating; glittering.
- bugle beads all aglitter
- glinting eyes
- glinting water
- his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent
- shop window full of glittering Christmas trees
- glittery costume jewelry
- scintillant mica
- the scintillating stars
- a dress with sparkly sequins
- `glistering' is an archaic term
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
- tradescant1/5
tradescant
- noun English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638)
John Tradescant.
- noun English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638)
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discant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
descant.
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
Suffixes of scant
- scanty«Word Popularity Bar3/5
scanty
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
pantie; panty; step-in.
- adjective satellite lacking in amplitude or quantity
spare; bare.
- a bare livelihood
- a scanty harvest
- a spare diet
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
- scantily2/5
scantily
- adverb in a sparse or scanty way
barely.
- a barely furnished room
- adverb in a sparse or scanty way
- scantiness1/5
scantiness
- noun the quality of being meager
leanness; exiguity; meagreness; scantness; poorness; meagerness.
- an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
- noun the quality of being meager
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scant
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
skimp.
- verb limit in quality or quantity
skimp.
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
- scantiest1/5
scanty
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
pantie; panty; step-in.
- adjective satellite lacking in amplitude or quantity
spare; bare.
- a bare livelihood
- a scanty harvest
- a spare diet
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
- scantier1/5
scanty
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
pantie; panty; step-in.
- adjective satellite lacking in amplitude or quantity
spare; bare.
- a bare livelihood
- a scanty harvest
- a spare diet
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
- scantling1/5
scantling
- noun an upright in house framing
stud.
- noun an upright in house framing
- scantlings1/5
scantling
- noun an upright in house framing
stud.
- noun an upright in house framing
- scantly1/5
scant
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
skimp.
- verb limit in quality or quantity
skimp.
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
Derived words of scant
- descanted«Word Popularity Bar1/5
descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
discant.
- verb sing in descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- descanting1/5
descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
discant.
- verb sing in descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- descants1/5
descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
discant.
- verb sing in descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- tradescantia1/5
tradescantia
(Bot.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.
- miscanthus1/5
- discantus1/5
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `scant`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `scant`, some are not.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `scant`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `scant`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.