Exiguous
Exiguous adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.
Usage example: computer equipment that would be prohibitively expensive, given the rural school's exiguous resources
Hand-to-mouth and exiguous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hand-to-mouth" instead an adjective "Exiguous".
Nearby Word: exiguity
Hand-to-mouth
Hand-to-mouth adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.
Usage example: survived on a hand-to-mouth income that came from any odd job that he could find
Exiguous and hand-to-mouth are semantically related. You can use "Exiguous" instead an adjective phrase "Hand-to-mouth".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- bare and exiguous
- bare and hand-to-mouth
- poor and exiguous
- poor and hand-to-mouth
- small and exiguous
- small and hand-to-mouth
- inadequate and exiguous
- inadequate and hand-to-mouth
- slight and exiguous
- slight and hand-to-mouth
- paltry and exiguous
- paltry and hand-to-mouth
- spare and exiguous
- spare and hand-to-mouth
Cite this Source
Hand-to-mouth and Exiguous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/exiguous/hand-to-mouth
Exiguous & Hand-to-mouth. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/exiguous/hand-to-mouth>.
Hand-to-mouth or Exiguous. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/exiguous/hand-to-mouth.
