Synonyms for DROUGHT
drought

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1. drought

   Synonyms:
   dryness, aridity, parching, thirst

   Antonyms:
   moisture, refreshment, dew, deluge, slaking, quenching, watering, irrigation

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1. drought, drouthnoun

   a shortage of rainfall

   "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

   Synonyms:
   drouth, drought

2. drought, drouthnoun

   a prolonged shortage

   "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought"

   Synonyms:
   drouth, drought

Matched Categories

1. • Dryness
   • Time Period

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1. droughtnoun

   Synonyms:
   dryness (of weather), aridity, drouth, want of rain

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1. droughtnoun

   Synonyms:
   aridity, dryness, scarcity, dearth

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1. List of paraphrases for "drought":

   droughts, dryness, arid, dry, drought-stricken, drought-related, aridity, sucha, drought-affected, driest, draught

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How to use DROUGHT in a sentence?

1. Franck Wohe:

   We started distributing the high-yielding drought-resistant Mercedes variety to help farmers get production fast within 18 months.

2. Scott Morrison:

   This will be heartbreaking to these communities that have been experiencing years of drought only to see that turn into a torrential inundation.

3. Peter Issig:

   There is a high risk that... the situation in Bavaria will no longer be manageable if the drought persists.

4. Mohamed Bazza:

   Getting prepared for a drought requires integration (between various government agencies), this collaboration has usually been lacking.

5. Scott Stephens:

   I think we’ve got one to two decades, if we don’t do this in earnest, we’re frankly just going to be watching the forest change right in front of our eyes from fire, climate change, drought, insects, things of that nature.