Synonyms for DEFICIT
ˈdɛf ə sɪt; Brit. also dɪˈfɪs ɪtdeficit

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1. deficitnoun

   Synonyms:
   fiscal deficit

2. deficitnoun

   Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.

   Synonyms:
   fiscal deficit

3. deficitnoun

   A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds government revenue.

   Synonyms:
   fiscal deficit

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1. deficit, shortage, shortfallnoun

   the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

   "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage, deficit, dearth, famine

   Antonyms:
   lead

2. deficitnoun

   a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning

   "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage

   Antonyms:
   lead

3. deficitnoun

   (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage

   Antonyms:
   lead

4. deficitnoun

   an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)

   "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage

   Antonyms:
   lead

Matched Categories

1. • Insufficiency
   • Lack
   • Liabilities
   • Score
   • Sport

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1. deficitnoun

   Synonyms:
   [L.] want, DEFICIENCY

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1. List of paraphrases for "deficit":

   shortfall, deficits, gap, shortage, deficiency, disability, lack, inability, shortcoming, incapacity

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1. Paul Ryan:

   This report confirms that the American Health Care Act will lower premiums and improve access to quality, affordable care. CBO also finds that this legislation will provide massive tax relief, dramatically reduce the deficit, and make the most fundamental entitlement reform in more than a generation, these are things we are achieving in just the first of a three-pronged approach. It's important to note that this report does not take into consideration additional steps Congress and the Trump administration are taking that will further lower costs and increase choices.

2. Steve Malanga:

   This is the kind of budget you would pass if you were a state that hit a bump in the road and had a deficit you needed to get rid of over the next two or three years, it's not the kind of budget you'd pass if you have $14 billion in unpaid bills and a $130 billion unfunded (pension) liability.

3. Steven Mnuchin:

   People are going to want to say the deficit is because of the tax cuts. That's not the real story, the real story is we made a significant investment in the military which is very, very important, and to get that done we had to increase non-military spending.

4. Jim Salge:

   Much of New England had a really dry spring, and then we had variable rainfall this summer, some areas have gotten rainfall that’s well above normal, and we have some areas where rainfall has been below normal. Some places are still running a huge deficit for rainfall, while 10 miles away they are right on target or ahead. So it’s going to be a patchy year.

5. Frenchman Champagne:

   FIFA is currently going through a difficult period with a deficit of about $ 100 million in 2015.