Synonyms for lack
All synonyms
Noun
1. Dearth — A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth
dearth, absence, scarcity, need, want, inadequacy, deficiency, shortage, shortcoming, insufficiency, failure, deficit, poverty, destitution, penury formal, indigence, fail dated, default dated, scantiness rare, defectiveness rare, wantfulness rare
Other
paucity, drought, inexistence rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
It is a question of money, or lack of same.
Related words
- Word family
- lackless lack-all lackbrain lack-grace lack-latin lack-laughter lack-learning lack-life
- Phrases
- for lack of
Forms
- Plural
- lacks → dearths, absences, scarcities, needs…
Example sentences
- absence Please make my excuses for absence to your mother.
- scarcity Water scarcity has become more common in Algeria.
- dearth There is no dearth of good will, only of courage.
- inadequacy Stop throwing my inadequacy in my face!
- paucity There was also a general paucity of trained operatives.
By length
- 4 letters
- need1, want1, fail1
- 6 letters
- dearth1, penury3
- 7 letters
- failure2, poverty3, absence2, default2, deficit3, drought1, paucity3
- 8 letters
- shortage2, scarcity3
- 9 letters
- indigence
- 10 letters
- deficiency4, inadequacy5, scantiness3
- 11 letters
- shortcoming3, destitution4, inexistence, wantfulness
- 13 letters
- insufficiency5, defectiveness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (penury3 = 3 syllables).