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Synonyms for lack
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Wiktionary1.5 / 2 votes

  1. lacknoun

    Antonyms:
    surplus, glut

  2. lacknoun

    To be without, to need, to require.

    My life lacks excitement.

    Antonyms:
    surplus, glut

  3. lacknoun

    To be short (of or for something).

    He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.

    Antonyms:
    surplus, glut

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lacknoun

    Synonyms:
    failure, scarcity, deficiency, want, need, demand, insufficiency

    Antonyms:
    fulness, abundance, sufficiency, satisfaction, supply, competence

  2. lackverb

    Synonyms:
    want, require, need, be destitute of

    Antonyms:
    supply, have abundance of

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. lack, deficiency, wantverb

    the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

    "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

    Synonyms:
    neediness, need, deprivation, wishing, wish, want, privation, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency

  2. miss, lackverb

    be without

    "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

    Synonyms:
    drop, omit, lose, neglect, leave out, overleap, pretermit, miss, overlook, escape

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lackverb

    Synonyms:
    want, need, be in want of, be in need of, be destitute of, be without

  2. lackverb

    Synonyms:
    be in want

  3. lackverb

    Synonyms:
    be wanting

  4. lacknoun

    Synonyms:
    need, deficiency, destitution, want, scantiness, insufficiency, scarcity, dearth, default, defectiveness, shortness, shortcoming, DEFICIT

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lacknoun

    Synonyms:
    want, need, deficiency, dearth, paucity, scarcity, drought, default, deficit, insufficiency, inadequacy, shortness

  2. lackverb

    Synonyms:
    need, want, be in need of, require, sedulous

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How to use lack in a sentence?

  1. Brené Brown:

    We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude.

  2. Abdelhamid Jellasi:

    The absence of any real reforms at the economic level illustrates the lack of courage among the political parties, they know the need for urgent reforms but they cannot take any decision in that direction.

  3. Bob Corker:

    The chaos that is being created by the lack of discipline is creating an environment that I think — it creates a worrisome environment.

  4. State Auditor Charlie Janssen:

    There appears to be a lack of internal control with the prescription drugs.

  5. Alex Steel:

    There is an increasing number of academics concerned that they will not be able to detect AI-written answers, partly the concerns are driven by a lack of understanding from teachers of what sort of questions might be susceptible … so staff may push for return to exams until [these issues] can be addressed.


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