Synonyms of deficits

deficits

noun

plural of deficit

as in shortages

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number

a growing deficit in the number of hours devoted to sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shortages
• lacks
• deficiencies
• inadequacies
• droughts
• insufficiencies
• absences
• lacunae
• scarcities
• famines
• poverties
• failures
• undersupplies
• wants
• crunches
• dearths
• paucities
• omissions
• pinches
• needs
• necessities
• privations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adequacies
• amplitudes
• abundances
• sufficiencies
• surpluses
• wealths
• excesses
• plenties
• plenitudes
• opulences
• oversupplies
• surfeits
• overabundances

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deficits

Those deficits, at 2-0 and 3-1, lasted for a collective nine minutes before Sporting responded. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026

Primary deficits in the largest economies remain substantially larger than before the pandemic, and governments face higher real interest rates and shorter debt maturities as defense spending pressures mount. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

The federal government is running significant annual deficits. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Grambling State has ended Jackson State’s unbeaten run, while Mississippi Valley State keeps escaping deficits that look like dead ends. — Wilton Jackson, AJC.com, 12 Oct. 2026

In a Substack post on Thursday, the economics professor at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center acknowledged that the high debt and deficits driving up French bond yields lately are not unique to the eurozone’s second largest economy. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Local governments are running deficits, with many struggling to pay teachers and civil servants their salaries and benefits on time. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Milwaukee rallied from 2-0 deficits on consecutive days by beating the Padres' bullpen. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

David Beckworth, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, said the upward pressure is coming from persistent budget deficits and AI investment. — Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026