Antonyms for lack
læklack

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.5 / 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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. lack

   Antonyms:
   dissipation, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, waste, wastefulness

   Synonyms:
   dearth, defect, deficiency, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, want

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lacknoun

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

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

2. lackverb

   Antonyms:
   supply, have abundance of

   Synonyms:
   want, require, need, be destitute of

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. provision

   since the meaning the meaning of the word is supplying , or providing a thing .... , then the amtonym might be lack of this specific thing.

   Submitted by rinat on June 11, 2017  

How to use lack in a sentence?

1. Ron Klain:

   It's not just vaccines, also, in some states, Erin Burnett, the problem is a lack of people to give shots. We're working on surging that capacity. In some states there aren't enough places. We've announced the creation of federal vaccination centers. So we need more vaccine, we need more vaccinations, we need more places to give the vaccinations. We are working on all three of those things.

2. Arlene Anderson:

   These are fairly common in Europe where geothermal is used in a district system, but not so much in the US, there’s a lot of competition from other energy sources, mostly oil, gas and coal. There’s also a lack of knowledge about this technology in the US even though it’s been around for a long time.

3. Christopher Taylor:

   At night, we’re drinking our calories and eating a lot of convenience foods, not only are we not sleeping when we stay up late, but we’re doing all these obesity-related behaviors: lack of physical activity, increased screen time, food choices that we’re consuming as snacks and not as meals.

4. Ariane Hundt:

   When clients come in that did Weight Watchers, they usually have a high body-fat percentage and have lost a lot of muscle due to lack of protein, low calorie intake and lack of strength training, when you lose muscle, your metabolism slows down. Eating less and being active only works for so long.

5. Shairana Ali:

   This is a very unique type of crisis that we're facing because of the lack of communication... the biggest challenge at this point is obtaining detailed information from officials and Tonga.

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