Synonyms of shortage

shortage

noun

as in lack

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number

there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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