Synonyms of lacuna

lacuna

noun

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
• drouth
• omission
• scantiness
• failure
• crunch
• inadequateness
• 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

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

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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

• completeness
• fullness

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