31 entries under scarcity topic. ×

15
dearth(noun, want, lack, deficiency, shortage)
10
lack(noun, verb, deficiency, shortage)
10
deficiency(noun, lack, shortage, nonexistence)
8
want(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage)
6
famine(noun, want, lack, deficiency, shortage)
6
absence(noun, state, lack, usual, shortage)
5
shortage(noun, want, lack)
4
need(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage)
4
starvation(noun, want, insufficiency)
4
insufficiency(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage)
3
poverty(want, lack, shortage, insufficiency)
2
inadequacy(lack, deficiency, shortage, nonexistence)
1
hunger(noun, passion, desire, want)
1
deprivation
1
destitution
1
privation(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage)
0
paucity(want, lack, shortage)
0
scantiness(lack, shortage)
0
default(lack, shortage)
0
defect(lack, shortage)
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APASmart Define. (2015). drought thesaurus. Retrieved September 25, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/drought/thesaurus/synonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2015. "drought thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/drought/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 25, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2015, drought thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 25 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/drought/thesaurus/synonyms>.
MLASmart Define. "drought thesaurus" 10 April 2015. Web. 25 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/drought/thesaurus/synonyms>