Synonyms for DEFICIENCY
dɪˈfɪʃ ən side·fi·cien·cy

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1. deficiencynoun

   Antonyms:
   excess

2. deficiencynoun

   Antonyms:
   excess

3. deficiencynoun

   Antonyms:
   excess

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1. deficiency

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

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

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1. deficiency

   Synonyms:
   want, imperfection, lack, shortcoming

   Antonyms:
   fullness, abundance

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency

2. insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiencynoun

   lack of an adequate quantity or number

   "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

   Synonyms:
   lack, inadequacy, deficiency, want, inadequateness, insufficiency

Matched Categories

1. • Amount
   • Need

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. deficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   want, lack, defectiveness, insufficiency, scantiness, shortness, meagreness, dearth, scarcity, DEFICIT

2. deficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   failing, failure, frailty, infirmity, imperfection, foible, fault, error, weakness, weak side, blind side

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1. deficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   inadequacy, insufficiency, shortage, meagreness

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1. List of paraphrases for "deficiency":

   shortcoming, irregularity, gap, impairment, deficit, disability, lack, weakness, inadequacy, shortage, shortfall, flaw, defect, insufficiency, compensatory, lacuna, deficiencies, countervailing, failure, loophole

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1. Keith West:

   In countries where the food system is less sophisticated and we see crushing poverty, the margin between harvest season and hungry season is palpable, these populations can dip into actual deficiency with Vitamin A, especially in respect to young, growing children who can become what we call ‘night blind.'.

2. Ashita Gupta:

   Worldwide, iodine deficiency is one of the causes ofan enlarged thyroid glandand hypothyroidism, however, iodine deficiency is rare in developed countries due to supplementation in table salt and certain foods such as dairy and bread.

3. Subhankar Saha:

   There might have been a deficiency in the system in the SWIFT room, two (SWIFT) engineers came and visited the bank after the heist and suggested to upgrade the system.

4. Douglas Noel Adams:

   My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre, and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes.

5. Robert Heaney:

   Deficiency in vitamin D inhibits these processes, causing the cellular systems to break down, and leading to chronic disease.