Synonyms for dearth
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Paucity — scarcity; a lack or short supply
paucity, lack, scarcity, want, need, infrequency, insufficiency, deficiency, poverty, scantiness, wantfulness, inadequacy, destitution
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
- n. 2
Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
Forms
- Plural
- dearths → paucities, lacks, scarcities, wants…
Example sentences
- lack I had to leave out this problem for lack of space.
- scarcity Water scarcity has become more common in Algeria.
- paucity There was also a general paucity of trained operatives.
By length
- 4 letters
- want1, need1, lack1
- 6 letters
- famine2
- 7 letters
- poverty3, paucity3
- 8 letters
- shortage2, scarcity3
- 9 letters
- dejection
- 10 letters
- deficiency4, inadequacy5, scantiness3
- 11 letters
- destitution4, infrequency4, wantfulness
- 13 letters
- insufficiency5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (famine2 = 2 syllables).