Thesaurus
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lack
T
hesaurus
lack
English
Noun
Sense: an absence of something essential or important
Synonyms
dearth
deficiency
deficit
dejection
inadequacy
infrequency
insufficiency
meagerness
nonsufficiency
lack
paucity
penury
rareness
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rarity
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scantiness
scarcity
shortage
shortcoming
unsufficiency
want
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Antonyms
adequacy
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excess
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Hyponyms
apathy
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cowardice
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poverty
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See also
Thesaurus:abundant
Further reading
“
640. insufficiency
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
lack
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.