📖 Definitions of "Sparse"
verb
- 1
To scatter; to disperse.
adjective
- 1
Having widely spaced intervals.
"a sparse array, index, or matrix"
- 2
Not dense; meager; scanty
- 3
Having few nonzero elements
🔄 Synonyms of "Sparse"
2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| thinverb | Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt. |
| distributed | Spread across a relatively wide area. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sparse"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| thin | Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt. |
| distributed | Spread across a relatively wide area. |
| scatteringnoun | A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points). |
| scattered | Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units. |
| disperse | Scattered or spread out. |
| dissipationnoun | The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. |
| dispersionnoun | The state of being dispersed. |
| scatternoun | (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse. |
| dispersalnoun | The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. |
| piecemeal | (idiomatic) Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time. |
| fragmentary | Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered. |
| fragmented | broken into fragments |
| diffuse | Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated. |
| limited | With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it. |
| light-weight | Alternative form of lightweight. [Lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity.] |
| slim | Slender; thin. |
| spreadverb | (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. |
| skinny | (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense). |
| lean | (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy. |
| small | Not large or big; insignificant; few in number. |
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