Definition of: meager

(mē′gər) adjective
1. Deficient or destitute of quantity or quality; scanty; inadequate.
2. Deficient in or scantily supplied with fertility, strength, or richness.
3. Wanting in flesh; thin; emaciated. Also mea′gre. [<OF maigre <L macer lean]
—mea′ ger·ly adverb
—mea′ger·ness noun Synonyms: barren, emaciated, feeble, gaunt, jejune, lank, lean, poor, skinny, spare, starved, starveling, tame, thin. See GAUNT. Antonyms.: bonny, bouncing, burly, chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, hearty, obese, plump, portly, stout.