What is another word for shortage?
165 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ʃˈɔːtɪd͡ʒ], [ ʃˈɔːtɪdʒ], [ ʃ_ˈɔː_t_ɪ_dʒ]Table of Contents
Similar words for shortage:- dearth (noun)
- defect (noun)
- deficiency (noun)
- drought (noun)
- incompleteness (noun)
- insufficiency (noun)
- lack (noun)
- paucity (noun)
- poverty (noun)
- shortage (noun)
- shortfall (noun)
- want (noun)
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Synonyms for Shortage:
n.
•dearth (noun)- in-adequacy,
- in frequency,
- uncommonnesses,
- de fault,
- de faults,
- in adequacies,
- in-adequacies,
- exiguousnesses,
- in-frequencies,
- un commonnesses,
- sparsities,
- in-frequency,
- in adequacy,
- de-fault,
- slim picking,
- un-commonness,
- in frequencies,
- rarenesses,
- un commonness,
- un-commonnesses,
- de-faults.
- marrings,
- un soundness,
- mis take,
- mis-takes,
- dis coloration,
- rough spots,
- in juries,
- dis colorations,
- un-soundness,
- in jury,
- un soundnesses,
- mis takes,
- dis-colorations,
- dis-coloration,
- un-soundnesses,
- mis-take,
- in-jury.
- penuriousness,
- pauperism,
- pennilessness,
- impecuniousness,
- vacancy,
- Necessitousness,
- under-development,
- underdevelopment,
- abjection.
Other synonyms:
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- loss,
- absent,
- nonattendance,
- absence,
- bankruptcy,
- Without,
- scantness.
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- underage.
- falling short,
- meagreness,
- demerit,
- fault,
- mediocrity,
- immaturity,
- impairment,
- inexactitude,
- inferiority,
- privation,
- debit,
- undersupply,
- Arrear,
- faultiness,
- adulteration,
- inaccuracy,
- missing link,
- hardship,
- slump,
- necessity,
- deprivation,
- break,
- outage,
- Impecuniosity,
- impurity,
- barrenness,
- inexactness,
- desideratum,
- default,
- drawback,
- breakdown,
- crunch,
- fallibility,
- sketchiness,
- impoverishment,
- interval,
- erroneousness,
- lacuna,
- delinquency,
- caret,
- unevenness,
- decline,
- starvation,
- Noncompletion,
- insubstantial,
- ullage,
- Arrearage,
- blemish,
- short,
- Wantage,
- beggary,
- unsoundness,
- short measure,
- destitution,
- Defectibility,
- inadequateness,
- insufficient,
- Neediness,
- patchiness.
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Equivalence
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
lack.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
causes.
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Noun, singular or mass
unavailability, non-availability, absence, shortness, failure, deprivation, hardship, weakness, penury, availability, decrease, refinancing, enough, rarity, constraint, Underemployment, defect, deficient, sufficient, destitution, diminution, disadvantage, inability, tension, drought, stringency, manpower, impairment, limitation, failing, depletion.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
shortcoming, flaw.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Shortage:
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n.
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Other antonyms:
wealth, oversupply, overabundance, amplitude, adequacy, bountifulness, surfeit, plenitude, copiousness, opulence.
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Homophones for Shortage:
- scar tissue, seawards, saratoga, serratus, sardius, socratic, surtax, sacred cow, socrates, Sardis, sourdough, sour dock, serdica, scratchy, scratch, shirred egg, shortcake, skywards, shorts, square toes, shortish, secretase.