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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 12 votes

  1. drought

    Synonyms:
    dryness, aridity, parching, thirst

    Antonyms:
    moisture, refreshment, dew, deluge, slaking, quenching, watering, irrigation

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 2 votes

  1. drought, drouthnoun

    a shortage of rainfall

    "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

    Synonyms:
    drouth

  2. drought, drouthnoun

    a prolonged shortage

    "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought"

    Synonyms:
    drouth

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Dictionary of English Synonymes3.5 / 2 votes

  1. droughtnoun

    Synonyms:
    dryness (of weather), aridity, drouth, want of rain

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 1 vote

  1. droughtnoun

    Synonyms:
    aridity, dryness, scarcity, dearth

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How to use drought in a sentence?

  1. William Anderegg:

    This really matters because in the future droughts are expected to increase in frequency and severity due to climate change, some forests could be in a race to recover before the next drought strikes.

  2. California Gov. Jerry Brown:

    We've done a lot. We have a long way to go, so maybe you want to think of this as just another installment on a long enterprise to live with a changing climate and with a drought of uncertain duration.

  3. Amanda Starbuck:

    It’s also kind of a little bit demeaning to blame residential use for these crises, it’s just a small sliver of the overall consumption. It’s a much bigger problem, and we really need to start bringing in these big industries that are guzzling water during this time of drought.

  4. Marty Ralph:

    Wherever the storms hit shore on West Coast is where the heaviest precipitation occurs, and that can be very beneficial in areas that often don't have enough water — and we have the drought going right now.

  5. John McManus:

    The shutdown we are seeing now is completely avoidable, decisions made during the drought deprived salmon of the water that they need to survive. By doing so, they took away our livelihood.


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