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lack

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lack

1 the fact or state of being absent
  • The lack of news about the situation was frustrating.
Synonyms of lack

absence, dearth, want
Words Related to lack

deficiency, deficit, failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, meagerness, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, skimpiness, undersupply

deprivation, loss, necessity, need, needfulness, omission
Near Antonyms of lack

abundance, amplitude, bounty, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty, wealth

adequacy, sufficiency

excess, overabundance, oversupply, superabundance, surfeit, surplus

deluge, flood

bushel, deal, gobs, heap, loads, lot, mass, mountain, much, oodles, peck, pile, pot, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, volume, wad
Antonyms of lack

presence
2 a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
  • The lack of eligible candidates for the jury kept the trial from getting started.
Synonyms of lack

crunch, dearth, deficiency, deficit, drought (also drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want
Words Related to lack

absence, omission

meagerness, poorness, skimpiness

necessity, need, privation
Near Antonyms of lack

bountifulness, copiousness

excess, overabundance, oversupply, surfeit, surplus
Antonyms of lack

abundance, adequacy, amplitude, opulence, plenitude, plenty, sufficiency, wealth
3 a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful
  • The lack of fresh water at the campsite definitely would be a problem.
Synonyms of lack

absence, need, needfulness, want
Words Related to lack

deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency

dearth, meagerness, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, skimpiness

defect, minus

deprivation, privation

demand, essential, necessity, requirement, requisite
Near Antonyms of lack

adequacy, enough, sufficiency

fund, pool, stock, supply

excess, fill, overabundance, oversupply, plenty, surfeit, surplus

hoard, stockpile

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