Synonyms and Antonyms of lack
1
the fact or state of being absent
- the lack of news about the fate of the soldiers was frustrating
deficiency, deficit, failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, meagerness, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, skimpiness, undersupply
deprivation, loss, necessity, need, needfulness, omission
privation
blankness, emptiness, vacuity, vacuum, void
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
fund, pool, stock, supply
cache, hoard, stash, stockpile
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
crunch, dearth, deficiency, deficit, drought (also drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lacuna, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want
3
a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful
- the lack of fresh water at the campsite definitely would be a problem
deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency
dearth, meagerness, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, skimpiness
defect, minus
deprivation, famishment, privation
demand, essential, necessity, requirement, requisite
adequacy, enough, sufficiency
fund, pool, stock, supply
excess, fill, overabundance, oversupply, plenty, surfeit, surplus
hoard
