Antonyms for lack
læklack

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. lacknoun

   Antonyms:
   surplus, glut

2. lacknoun

   To be without, to need, to require.

   My life lacks excitement.

   Antonyms:
   surplus, glut

3. lacknoun

   To be short (of or for something).

   He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.

   Antonyms:
   surplus, glut

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. lack

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lacknoun

   Antonyms:
   fulness, abundance, sufficiency, satisfaction, supply, competence

   Synonyms:
   failure, scarcity, deficiency, want, need, demand, insufficiency

2. lackverb

   Antonyms:
   supply, have abundance of

   Synonyms:
   want, require, need, be destitute of

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. lack, deficiency, wantverb

   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, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency

2. miss, lackverb

   be without

   "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

   Synonyms:
   drop, omit, lose, neglect, leave out, overleap, pretermit, miss, overlook, escape

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lacknoun

   Synonyms:
   want, need, deficiency, dearth, paucity, scarcity, drought, default, deficit, insufficiency, inadequacy, shortness

2. lackverb

   Synonyms:
   need, want, be in need of, require, sedulous

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. provision

   since the meaning the meaning of the word is supplying , or providing a thing .... , then the amtonym might be lack of this specific thing.

   Submitted by rinat on June 11, 2017  

How to use lack in a sentence?

1. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton:

   The recent behaviors in Nauru are not protests against living conditions. They aren't protests against health care, they aren't protests against the lack of financial support.

2. Abderrahmane Sissako:

   There is a lack of political vision in nearly all the countries, wherever there is no culture it is not a good thing.

3. Sharima Rasanayagam:

   The lack of transparency regarding the identity and safety of the chemicals used as BPA replacements makes it very difficult to assess the overall safety of the alternative.

4. Hassan Abbas:

   Basic problems like lack of police training, political interference and lack of funding are still not being addressed, announcing new units is nice for the media, but the basics are still neglected.

5. Sebastien Galy:

   Equity markets are in a state of ambivalence, they should find their footing as the week develops, expectations for the non-farm payroll (data) are relatively subdued given that we are in the process of re-opening the economy. A lack of surprise will comfort the market that tapering is only slowly coming.

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