Synonyms of drought

drought

noun

ˈdrau̇t 

variants also drouth

as in shortage

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number

there's been a drought of good movies this year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shortage
• lack
• famine
• deficit
• scarcity
• poverty
• deficiency
• inadequacy
• paucity
• insufficiency
• crunch
• dearth
• undersupply
• failure
• pinch
• lacuna
• scantiness
• inadequateness
• absence
• scarceness
• omission
• want
• necessity
• privation
• meagerness
• skimpiness
• need
• poorness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abundance
• amplitude
• adequacy
• wealth
• sufficiency
• plenty
• opulence
• surplus
• plenitude
• excess
• oversupply
• overabundance
• surfeit
• bountifulness
• copiousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drought

Other programs funded research into crop seeds that could withstand disease and drought, including new varieties of coffee for the global market. —Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025

Several countries have made impressive investments in adapting to climate shocks such as drought, extreme precipitation, and sea-level rise. —Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025

Devaney offers a lake cruise and private charters in times of drought. —Nicole Cobler, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025

In April 2023, Rodgers was traded to the Jets after 18 seasons with the Green Bay Packers — looking to help the franchise end a Super Bowl drought that dates to the glory days of Joe Namath in the 1968 season. —Dennis Waszak Jr., Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025