| Main Entry: | scantness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
Synonyms: |
curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness* |
| Main Entry: | dearth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insufficiency, scarcity |
Synonyms: |
absence, default, defect, deficiency, exiguousness, famine, inadequacy, infrequency, lack, meagerness, miss, need, paucity, poverty, privation, rareness, scantiness, scantness, shortage, slim pickings, sparsity, uncommonness, want |
Antonyms: |
abundance, excess, plentifulness, plenty, sufficiency |
| Main Entry: | scantiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
Synonyms: |
curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness* |
| Main Entry: | scarceness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
Synonyms: |
curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness* |
| Main Entry: | underage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
Synonyms: |
curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, want, weakness* |