What are the opposite words for abundance?
The word abundance means a great quantity or ample supply of something, but there are several words that are its antonyms. Scarcity, dearth, and deficiency are some of the antonyms for abundance. Scarcity emphasizes the lack of something, while dearth points to the inadequate supply of something. Deficiency refers to a shortage or lack of a necessary quality or element. In contrast, abundance's antonyms suggest the opposite of having plenty, such as a lack or insufficiency of what is needed. It is essential to use antonyms effectively in writing to create stronger and more meaningful prose.
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- absence
- attribute
- desire
- shortage
- poverty
- requirement
- lack
- dearth
- default
- defect
- distress
- inadequacy
- deficiency
- deprivation
- indigence
- great amount or supply
- deficit
- drought
- insufficiency, scarcity
- failure; want
- blemish, imperfection
- imperfection, inadequacy
- shortage of something needed, required
- privation
- hardship, adversity
- dryness; shortage of supply
- paucity
- shortage, defect, inability
- deficiency, need
- lack, scarcity
- want; extreme need, often financial
- deficit; imperfection
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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absence
- needs,
- nonappearance,
- nonattendance,
- unavailability,
- non attendance,
- Non-appearance,
- awols,
- in sufficiencies,
- in sufficiency,
- in-sufficiencies,
- in-sufficiency,
- no show,
- no shows,
- non appearance,
- non appearances,
- non-attendance,
- non-attendances,
- nonappearances,
- nonattendances,
- un availabilities,
- un availability,
- un-availabilities,
- un-availability,
- unavailabilities.
- attribute
-
desire
- want.
- shortage
-
poverty
- abjection,
- impecuniousness,
- impoverishment,
- need,
- pauperism,
- pennilessness,
- penuriousness,
- penury,
- underdevelopment,
- vacancy,
- Neediness,
- Necessitousness,
- abjections,
- in solvency,
- in-solvencies,
- in-solvency,
- necessitousnesses,
- pauperisms,
- under development,
- under developments,
- under-development,
- under-developments,
- underdevelopments.
-
requirement
- desideratum,
- Desiderata,
- imperatives,
- vital part,
- ex action,
- ex actions,
- ex-action,
- ex-actions,
- pre condition,
- pre conditions,
- pre occupation,
- pre occupations,
- pre possessions,
- pre requisites,
- pre-condition,
- pre-conditions,
- pre-occupation,
- pre-occupations,
- pre-possessions,
- pre-requisite,
- pre-requisites,
- pro vision,
- pro visions,
- pro viso,
- pro-vision,
- pro-visions,
- pro-viso,
- pro-visos,
- vital parts.
- lack
- dearth
- default
- defect
- distress
-
inadequacy
- defectiveness,
- inadequateness,
- inaptness,
- incompleteness,
- skimpiness,
- defectivenesses,
- faultinesses,
- in adequacies,
- in adequacy,
- in adequateness,
- in adequatenesses,
- in aptness,
- in capacity,
- in competence,
- in competencies,
- in competency,
- in completeness,
- in completenesses,
- in effectiveness,
- in effectivenesses,
- in effectualness,
- in effectualnesses,
- in efficacies,
- in efficacy,
- in efficiencies,
- in efficiency,
- in-adequacies,
- in-adequacy,
- in-adequateness,
- in-adequatenesses,
- in-aptness,
- in-capacities,
- in-capacity,
- in-competences,
- in-competencies,
- in-competency,
- in-completeness,
- in-effectiveness,
- in-effectivenesses,
- in-effectualness,
- in-efficacies,
- in-efficacy,
- in-efficiencies,
- in-efficiency,
- inadequatenesses,
- inaptnesses,
- incompletenesses,
- skimpinesses,
- un fitness,
- un fitnesses,
- un suitableness,
- un suitablenesses,
- un-fitness,
- un-fitnesses,
- un-suitableness,
- un-suitablenesses.
- deficiency
- deprivation
- indigence
-
great amount or supply
- dearth,
- deficiency,
- few,
- inadequacy,
- lack,
- little,
- need,
- poverty,
- scarcity,
- want.
- deficit
- drought
- insufficiency, scarcity
- failure; want
- blemish, imperfection
- imperfection, inadequacy
- shortage of something needed, required
- privation
- hardship, adversity
- dryness; shortage of supply
- paucity
- shortage, defect, inability
-
deficiency, need
- lack.
- lack, scarcity
- want; extreme need, often financial
- deficit; imperfection
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
waterlogging
- Antonyms:
- dry, pass up, underwhelm.
