Antonyms for deficiency
dɪˈfɪʃ ən side·fi·cien·cy

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1. deficiencynoun

   Antonyms:
   excess

2. deficiencynoun

   Antonyms:
   excess

3. deficiencynoun

   Antonyms:
   excess

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. deficiency

   Antonyms:
   dissipation, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, waste, wastefulness

   Synonyms:
   dearth, defect, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, want

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. deficiency

   Antonyms:
   fullness, abundance

   Synonyms:
   want, imperfection, lack, shortcoming

Matched Categories

1. • Amount
   • Need

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lack, deficiency, wantnoun

   the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

   "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

   Synonyms:
   neediness, need, deprivation, wishing, wish, want, privation, lack, inadequacy, insufficiency

2. insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiencynoun

   lack of an adequate quantity or number

   "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

   Synonyms:
   lack, inadequacy, want, inadequateness, insufficiency

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1. deficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   inadequacy, insufficiency, shortage, meagreness

How to use deficiency in a sentence?

1. Nazareno Paolocci:

   BDNF deficiency may not cause full-blown disease, but it could be the proverbial straw that leads to a 'broken heart,'.

2. Jacques Martin Barzun:

   Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap.

3. Bruce Willis:

   A brain MRI can tell us if certain parts of the brain are shrinking or showing signs of atrophy. We will do some blood tests to make sure we’re not missing some treatable causes of cognitive impairment like thyroid disease or vitamin B12 deficiency as well, and oftentimes, we also will do brain metabolism imaging.

4. Simon Mays:

   Being indoors away from sunshine was probably a key factor, infant care practices that were innocuous in a Mediterranean climate may have been enough to tip babies into vitamin D deficiency under cloudy northern skies.

5. Bernard Grasset:

   The chimerical pursuit of perfection is always linked to some important deficiency, frequently the inability to love.

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