Scarce and Several

Scarce adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.

Several and scarce are semantically related in some topic. In some cases you can use "Several" instead an adjective "Scarce".

Nearby Words: scarcity, scarcely, scarceness

Several adjective - (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many.

Scarce and several are semantically related in assorted topic. Sometimes you can use "Scarce" instead an adjective "Several", if it concerns topics such as some.