Synonyms for dearth
dɜrθdearth

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.3 / 4 votes

1. dearthnoun

   Scarcity; a lack or short supply.

   Synonyms:
   paucity, scarcity

2. dearthnoun

   Synonyms:
   famine, shortage

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. dearth

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dearth, famine, shortagenoun

   an acute insufficiency

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage, deficit, paucity, famine

2. dearth, paucitynoun

   an insufficient quantity or number

   Synonyms:
   shortage, paucity, famine

Matched Categories

1. • Lack
   • Scarcity

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. dearthnoun

   Synonyms:
   scarcity, insufficiency, deficiency, short supply

2. dearthnoun

   Synonyms:
   need, want, lack, famine, short commons

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dearthnoun

   Synonyms:
   scarcity, lack, deficiency, paucity, want

   Antonyms:
   plenty

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "dearth":

   shortage, scarcity, paucity, lack, rarity

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1. Lawrence Newman:

   All the drugs that we currently use for migraine were found just by chance. Someone had another condition and then the drug was found to reduce their migraine, there’s a dearth of funding and studies for this. I wouldn’t turn down anything as potentially promising; it just needs to be validated.

2. Ashima:

   Kill me is just an honest and knee-jerk reaction to dearth of substance.

3. Sergio Mattarella:

   Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio and League leader Matteo Salvini agreed that neither would be prime minister, and announced this week that they would present law professor Giuseppe Conte for approval by President Sergio Mattarella. Conte’s appointment looked in doubt, not only because of Giuseppe Conte dearth of political experience( Giuseppe Conte has never held political office), but also after The New York Times reported that Giuseppe Conte may have exaggerated Giuseppe Conte credentials, particularly Giuseppe Conte studies at New York University -- which said The New York Times had no record of Giuseppe Conte having studied there. But after a meeting with Mattarella on Wednesday, Giuseppe Conte got the nod to attempt to form a government, and promised one of change as President Sergio Mattarella emerged from the meeting at the Quirinal Palace in Rome and struck a populist tone. What is about to be born... will be the government of change, on behalf of citizens, that protects their interests, i propose to be the defense lawyer of the Italian people.

4. Roger Robinson:

   There has been a dearth of adequate due diligence performed on these companies from both a national security and a human rights perspective.

5. Jennifer Saba:

   All three companies have such an incredible impact in the world, yet they have a dearth of women employees, a company should reflect its customer, at the very least.