What is another word for scarcity?
115 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ skˈe͡əsɪti], [ skˈeəsɪti], [ s_k_ˈeə_s_ɪ_t_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for scarcity:- defect (noun)
- deficiency (noun)
- drought (noun)
- fewness (noun)
- infrequency (noun)
- lack (noun)
- poverty (noun)
- rarity (noun)
- shortage (noun)
- want (noun)
- lack (verb)
- other synonyms
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Synonyms for Scarcity:
n.
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- group,
- one or two,
- minority,
- few,
- hairsbreadth.
- in juries,
- un-soundnesses,
- un soundnesses,
- dis-coloration,
- marrings,
- mis takes,
- mis take,
- dis coloration,
- mis-take,
- in-jury,
- rough spots,
- un-soundness,
- dis colorations,
- un soundness,
- mis-takes,
- dis-colorations,
- in jury.
- rainlessnesses,
- de-hydration,
- desiccations,
- Dehydrations,
- de-hydrations,
- de hydration,
- dry spells,
- parchednesses,
- de hydrations.
v.
•lack (verb)Other synonyms:
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- scantness,
- scattering,
- shortfall.
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- deficit,
- shortcoming,
- underage.
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- inadequacy.
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- couple.
- fault,
- scarcities,
- absence,
- meagreness,
- crunch,
- inanition,
- desideratum,
- scant,
- Non-existence,
- scarceness,
- sparseness,
- exigency,
- privation,
- loss,
- deprivation,
- thinness,
- penury,
- unusualness,
- demerit,
- niggardliness,
- poorness,
- Seldomness,
- failure,
- Infrequence,
- stinginess,
- hardship,
- uniqueness,
- destitution,
- oddity,
- Impecuniosity,
- tightness,
- blemish,
- undersupply,
- starvation,
- miserliness,
- barrenness,
- slowness,
- Neediness,
- smallness,
- inadequateness,
- need.
Paraphrases for Scarcity:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
shortage.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
lack.
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Noun, singular or mass
deficiency, lack.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
rarety.
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Noun, singular or mass
Resources, unavailability, availability, deficit, precariousness, depletion, deprivation, absence, non-availability, weakness, rarefaction, insecurity, constraint, stringency, destitution, hardship, penury, drawback, fragility, failure, precarity, meagre.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
shortfall.
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Noun, singular or mass
shortcoming, poverty, flaw, shortfall.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Scarcity:
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n.
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deficiency
abundance, excess, sufficiency, commonness, enough, plenty, surplus.
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Other antonyms:
bountifulness, teemingness, copiousness, opulence, adequacy, amplitude, oversupply, plenitude, overabundance, wealth.
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deficiency
Homophones for Scarcity:
- scorched, suricate, scare quote, soricidae, surcoat, skyrocket, sacristy, sarcoid, shrew-sized, squash racquet, square-rigged, suricata, sugarcoat, squash racket, segregate, sarasota, sugar-coated, source code, surrogate, sea-rocket, square-jawed, segregated, Saccharic Acid.