DEARTH: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DEARTH?

Need another word that means the same as “dearth”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “dearth” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dearth” are: paucity, famine, shortage, lack, scarcity, scarceness, shortfall, want, deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy, sparseness, meagreness, scantiness, rareness, infrequency, uncommonness, destitution, privation

Dearth as a Noun

Definitions of "Dearth" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dearth” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A scarcity or lack of something.
• An insufficient quantity or number.
• An acute insufficiency.
• A situation where food is in short supply.

Synonyms of "Dearth" as a noun (19 Words)

deficiency	The amount by which something, especially revenue, falls short; a deficit. A budget deficiency of 96 billion.
destitution	A state without friends or money or prospects. The family faced eviction and destitution.
famine	Extreme scarcity of food. Drought resulted in famine throughout the region.
inadequacy	Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate. The inadequacy of available resources.
infrequency	Noteworthy scarcity.
insufficiency	(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally. Insufficiency of adequate housing.
lack	The state of being without or not having enough of something. The case was dismissed for lack of evidence.
meagreness	The quality of being meager. Job satisfaction eclipses the meagreness of income.
paucity	The presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts. A paucity of information.
privation	Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights. Nutritional privation.
rareness	Noteworthy scarcity.
scantiness	The quality of being meager-George Eliot. Problems because of the scantiness of reliable information.
scarceness	A small and inadequate amount.
scarcity	A small and inadequate amount. A time of scarcity.
shortage	The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required. Food shortages.
shortfall	The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required. They are facing an expected 10 billion shortfall in revenue.
sparseness	The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness.
uncommonness	Extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered. The relative uncommonness of the name.
want	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable. For want of a better location we ate our picnic in the cemetery.

Usage Examples of "Dearth" as a noun

• There is a dearth of evidence.

Associations of "Dearth" (30 Words)

anemia	Genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds; chiefly of tropical America.
budget	Allow or provide a particular amount of money in a budget. They have a limited budget.
crave	Feel a powerful desire for (something. If only she had shown her daughter the love she craved.
craving	A powerful desire for something. A craving for chocolate.
cutback	A reduction in quantity or rate. Cutbacks in defence spending.
deficiency	A failing or shortcoming. Water is the critical deficiency in desert regions.
deficit	The score by which a team or individual is losing. A 3 0 deficit.
drought	A prolonged shortage. Farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season.
famine	Extreme scarcity of food. The cotton famine of the 1860s.
halve	Divide by two divide into halves. His pledge to halve the deficit over the next four years.
hunger	Feel or suffer hunger. When he had fasted forty days and forty nights he afterwards hungered.
inaction	The state of being inactive. Future generations will condemn us for inaction.
inadequacy	Lack of an adequate quantity or number. The inadequacy of available resources.
insufficiency	The condition of being insufficient. Renal insufficiency.
insufficient	Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement. Insufficient funds.
lack	Be without. There is no lack of entertainment aboard ship.
lacking	Not available or in short supply. The students are not lacking in intellectual ability.
minus	Involving disadvantage or harm. Minus 5 degrees.
need	Have need of. I need help now.
needy	Needy people collectively. The provision of humanitarian assistance to the needy.
paucity	An insufficient quantity or number. A paucity of information.
scant	Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities. Companies with scant regard for the safety of future generations.
scarcity	The state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage. The growing scarcity of resources.
shortage	A state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts. Food shortages.
shortcoming	A fault or failure to meet a certain standard, typically in a person’s character, a plan, or a system. He is so forthright about his shortcomings it s hard to chastise him.
shortfall	A deficit of something required or expected. They are facing an expected 10 billion shortfall in revenue.
starve	Feel very hungry. They starved the prisoners.
thirst	Feel a need to drink something. A thirst for knowledge.
undermanned	Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.
wanting	Lacking in a required or necessary quality. Mandibles are wanting in many of these insects.