Synonyms of droughts

droughts

noun

variants also drouths

plural of drought

as in shortages

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number

there's been a drought of good movies this year

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of droughts

Breaking long droughts with region-clinching victories last week were Dougherty (most recent had been 2005), LaGrange (2006), East Paulding (2012), Randolph-Clay (2015) and Heritage of Conyers (2016). — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 1 Nov. 2026

During droughts, algae blooms have turned waterways bright green. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

From droughts and wildfires to floods and slow, rolling nature degradation, fashion’s nature risks are becoming impossible to ignore. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Both droughts ended Thursday when Winter Park sophomore Eden Bastian won the girls championship in an all-Orange County final, and Windermere High’s Ryan Martin came out of the loser’s bracket to win the boys title. — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Water is also impacted by climate change, as extreme weather causes both droughts and floods, causing loss of life and impacting livelihoods in fields including cotton agriculture. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

Mild impacts locally While other parts of the world will have to contend with flooding and droughts, Chicago and the Midwest will likely only experience mild impacts, Ford said. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2026

Normally dry areas can experience flooding rains, and wet areas can suffer droughts. — Gary Griggs, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026

Human water use and recent droughts mean that less water is reaching the lake. — Silvia Console Battilana, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026