| Main Entry: | shortfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficit; imperfection |
Synonyms: |
arrears, default, defectiveness, deficiency, flaw, in the hole, in the red, inadequacy, incompleteness, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, loss, red ink, shortage, shortcoming, underage |
| Main Entry: | deficit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage of something needed, required |
Synonyms: |
arrears, dead horse, defalcation, default, deficiency, due bill, dues, in hock, in the hole, in the red, inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, loss, paucity, red ink, scantiness, shortcoming, shortfall, underage |
Antonyms: |
enough, excess, plenty, superfluousness |
| Main Entry: | lack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficiency, need |
Synonyms: |
abridgement, absence, curtailment, dearth, decrease, default, defect, deficit, depletion, deprivation, destitution, distress, exigency, exiguity, inadequacy, inferiority, insufficience, insufficiency, loss, meagerness, miss, necessity, paucity, poverty, privation, reduction, retrenchment, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, shortness, shrinkage, shrinking, slightness, stint, want |
Antonyms: |
abundance, enough, excess, extra, lot, plenty, plethora, profusion, surplus |
| Main Entry: | shortage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficiency |
Synonyms: |
curtailment, dearth, defalcation, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarcity, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness |
Antonyms: |
abundance, ample, enough, 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: | 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: | 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* |