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

The league average between biggest leads and biggest deficits is nearly 16 1/2, with Houston (nine) and Minnesota (9 1/2) the only other teams under 10. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

But faster growth clearly is key to addressing city government’s structural deficits and the fiscal woes that scare too many investors and companies away from doing business here for fear of far higher taxes in the future. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

Robert Mugabe, longtime strongman of Zimbabwe, printed money to ensure his party kept control of the country and to finance the nation's deficits. — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

Musically schooled in Vienna, Higginson hired the players, chose the conductors, and shouldered the deficits. — Joseph Horowitz, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

Workers helped to close big state budget deficits by accepting concessions in 2009, 2011 and 2017, weakening their pensions and healthcare coverage and freezing wages. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

Corbin Carroll hit a two-run walk-off homer with one out in the ninth inning for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who overcame two three-run deficits to beat the Miami Marlins 8-7 on Monday in Phoenix. — Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

Instead, budget deficits are running at about twice that level – even though unemployment is low and the White House argues the economy is on fire. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Yields that are climbing because of strong economic growth carry different implications for stocks and the broader economy than yields driven by resurgent inflation, mounting government deficits or stress within the Treasury market itself. — Sean Conlon,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026