| Main Entry: | lack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do not have |
Synonyms: |
be deficient in, be short of, be without, have need of, hurting for, minus, miss, need, not got, out, require, too little too late, want |
Antonyms: |
have |
| Main Entry: | lacking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wanting, deficient |
Synonyms: |
can't cut it, coming up short, defective, deprived of, flawed, impaired, inadequate, incomplete, minus, missing, needed, needing, not hacking it, not making it, sans, short, without |
Antonyms: |
abundant, enough, having, profuse, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | absent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deficient in something needed or usual |
Synonyms: |
bare, blank, devoid, empty, hollow, lacking, minus, missing, nonexistent, omitted, unavailable, vacant, vacuous, wanting |
Antonyms: |
sufficient |
| Main Entry: | bankrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to pay debts |
Synonyms: |
broke, depleted, destitute, exhausted, failed, impoverished, in Chapter 11, insolvent, lacking, lost, out of business, ruined, spent, tapped out |
Antonyms: |
rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without covering or content |
Synonyms: |
arid, barren, blank, bleak, clear, desert, desolate, empty, lacking, mean, open, poor, scanty, scarce, stark, unfurnished, vacant, vacuous, void, wanting |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
Antonyms: |
covered, full |
| Main Entry: | below par |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | second-rate in quality |
Synonyms: |
below average, imperfect, inferior, lacking, not oneself, off, off-form, poor, substandard, under the weather, wanting |
| Main Entry: | call for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand; entail |
Synonyms: |
ask for, inquire, involve, lack, necessitate, need, occasion, request, require, suggest, want |
| Main Entry: | defective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken, not working |
Synonyms: |
abnormal, amiss, blemished, damaged, deficient, faulty, flawed, impaired, imperfect, inadequate, incomplete, injured, insufficient, lacking, on the bum, out of order, poor, seconds, sick, subnormal, unfinished, unhealthy, unsound, wanting |
Antonyms: |
excellent, faultless, flawless, perfect, unbroken |
| Main Entry: | deficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperfect, inadequate |
Synonyms: |
amiss, bad, damaged, defective, exiguous, faulty, flawed, found wanting, impaired, incomplete, inferior, infrequent, injured, insufficient, lacking, marred, meager, not cut out for, not enough, not make it, not up to scratch, outta gas, rare, scant, scanty*, scarce, second fiddle, second string, short, shy, sketchy, skimpy, third string, unassembled, unequal, unfinished, unsatisfactory, wanting, weak |
Antonyms: |
adequate, ample, enough, excessive, faultless, flawless, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient, superfluous |
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | require |
Synonyms: |
ask, call for, command, crave, cry out for, fail, involve, lack, necessitate, need, oblige, take, want |
Antonyms: |
give, present, supply |