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

Four of five transit agencies in Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties are projected to face structural operating deficits over the next 10 years, according to SACOG’s long-range financial plan published this year. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Washington — Investors are increasingly worried about government deficits and persistent inflation, driving up the price of money. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Jake Burger homered twice and Ezequiel Duran had his 12th game this season with at least three hits as Texas rallied from two four-run deficits to beat Tampa Bay. — Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026

That’s as governments since the COVID pandemic have continued spending as if borrowing costs were still at crisis-era lows and letting deficits worsen as if their economies were still in desperate need of emergency stimulus. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

Jake Burger homered twice and Ezequiel Duran had his 12th game this season with at least three hits as the Texas Rangers rallied from two four-run deficits to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-6 on Sunday. — ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026

Several factors have been contributing to the recent run-up in yields, including surging oil prices and concerns around debt and deficits. — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

The government also said last month that its total debt — the cumulative total of all the deficits — has reached a gargantuan $40 trillion. — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Greenway bought its campus in 2023 from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, which had mostly gone remote by then and would be acquired a year later by the California Institute of the Arts after enrollment declines and multimillion-dollar deficits. — Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026