Meager - Crossword Clue

Q: What's the best solution for Meager?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Meager is LEAN. Other possible answers include POOR, SCANT, SCANTY, SKIMPY, SLIM, SPARSE.

Q: How many solutions are there for Meager?

We have found 7 possible answers for the crossword clue Meager.

Q: Which crosswords feature clues like Meager?

Clues like Meager often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as Daily Mail Cryptic, The Sunday Telegraph, The Independent Inquisitor, The Times Jumbo, The Observer Everyman, among others.

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 17/06/2026

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Meager.

4 letter answer(s) to meager

LEAN

cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall"
cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"
containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel"
not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the baniste

POOR

lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"
characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"
deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"
people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"

SLIM

being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"
take off weight

5 letter answer(s) to meager

SCANT

less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
limit in quality or quantity
Little
skimpy
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

6 letter answer(s) to meager

SCANTY

lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

SKIMPY

containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
Of clothes, light & revealing

SPARSE

not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
quality of being thinly dispersed

Frequently asked questions about ‘Meager’

What's the best solution for Meager?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Meager is LEAN. Other possible answers include POOR, SCANT, SCANTY, SKIMPY, SLIM, SPARSE.

How many solutions are there for Meager?

We have found 7 possible answers for the crossword clue Meager.

Which crosswords feature clues like Meager?

Clues like Meager often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as Daily Mail Cryptic, The Sunday Telegraph, The Independent Inquisitor, The Times Jumbo, The Observer Everyman, among others.

Clue	Answers
See 9	31
D	23
Mean	18
Poor	12
Thin	11
Tip	11
Unfortunate	11
Lean	10
Slight	10
Scattered	9
Spread out	9
Insignificant	7
Short	7
Slender	7
Diet	6
List	6
Narrow	6
Substandard	6
Tilt	6
Cant	5
In short supply	5
Indigent	5
Limited	5
Penniless	5
Scanty	5
Spare	5
Poverty-stricken	4
Revealing	4
Slim	4
Barely adequate	3
Depend (on)	3
Few and far between	3
Hard to find	3
Hardly any	3
Hardly worth mentioning	3
Impecunious	3
Impoverished	3
Inept	3
Meagre	3
Minimal	3
Svelte	3
Willowy	3
Barely enough	2
Deficient	2
Gracefully thin	2
Gravitate (toward)	2
Infrequent	2
Meat request	2
Mere	2
Negligible	2

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