scants

verb

present tense third-person singular of scant
as in spares
to use or give out in stingy amounts don't scant the peanut butter on those sandwiches!

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scants
  1. spares
  2. conserves
  3. preserves
Verb
  • As engagement-farming social-media accounts like Pop Base and celebrity-gossip accounts such as Deuxmoi still post frequent updates of celebrity sightings and speculation, the type of blanketing gossip press that Hilton introduced now spares no one.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The timing spares the Eagles and Carter from the questions and speculation that would have unfolded when training camp opened to the media Wednesday.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of spares
Verb
  • This approach reduces development time, conserves resources, and quickly delivers new capabilities to the battlefield.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • During the regular season, though, James conserves energy, and much of that shows up on the defensive end.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of conserves
Verb
  • This method preserves them a bit longer and keeps their juicy flavor intact.
    — Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Its importance as a civic institution that preserves our democracy by upholding the promise that knowledge belongs to everyone has never been more necessary.
    — Michael Fassnacht, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of preserves
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“Scants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scants. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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