Synonyms for aridity
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Barrenness
2. Aridness
Definitions
- n. 1
A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
Forms
- Plural
- aridities → barrennesses, sterilities, aridnesses, droughts…
Example sentences
- drought The drought is intensifying in the Horn of Africa.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| aridity | falling | |
| sterility | falling | |
| barrenness | steady | |
| fruitlessness | steady | |
| thirstiness | steady | |
| aridness | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- thirst1
- 7 letters
- drought1, dryness2, siccity
- 8 letters
- dullness2, aridness, xericity
- 9 letters
- sterility4
- 10 letters
- barrenness
- 11 letters
- thirstiness
- 13 letters
- fruitlessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dryness2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- aridité
- Italiano
- aridità
- Deutsch
- Wasserknappheit