Synonyms of lacuna

lacuna

noun

lə-ˈkü-nə 

1

as in shortage

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number

attributes many of the nation's problems to a lacuna of leadership at the top

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shortage
• lack
• deficiency
• paucity
• deficit
• absence
• scarcity
• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• dearth
• drought
• poverty
• famine
• omission
• scantiness
• failure
• inadequateness
• crunch
• undersupply
• pinch
• scarceness
• necessity
• want
• meagerness
• privation
• skimpiness
• poorness
• need

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amplitude
• abundance
• adequacy
• sufficiency
• wealth
• plenty
• plenitude
• opulence
• surplus
• excess
• copiousness
• overabundance
• surfeit
• bountifulness
• oversupply

2

as in gap

an incomplete or deficient area

a lacuna in its collection of Impressionists that the museum is trying to fill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gap
• void
• hole
• space
• hiatus
• deficiency
• deficit
• disability
• failing
• impairment
• defectiveness
• shortcoming
• weakness
• shortfall
• detriment
• incompleteness
• insufficiency
• lack
• inadequacy
• fault
• imperfection
• need
• inadequateness
• insufficience
• want

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• completeness
• fullness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lacuna

At the heart of every biography, though, lies a lacuna—something unknowable, no matter how candid or heavily documented the subject, no matter how familiar or diligent the biographer. — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025

The experience attempts to recall lacunas or lost memories, yet in trying to remember, temporalities and subjectivities become muddled and new thoughts, ideas, and images form in the viewer’s mind. — Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024

The country is still waiting for its first win in the international category, a lacuna that adds even more pressure to the annual selection process. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2024

Among the problems that arise from this lacuna of information is that even the administration was unable to examine the plaintiffs’ purported issues with the program. — Ryann Liebenthal, The New Republic, 9 May 2023

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