Synonyms of droughts

droughts

noun

variants also drouths

plural of drought

as in shortages

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number

there's been a drought of good movies this year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shortages
• lacks
• famines
• deficits
• scarcities
• deficiencies
• inadequacies
• insufficiencies
• dearths
• poverties
• lacunae
• lacunas
• failures
• undersupplies
• crunches
• absences
• wants
• paucities
• pinches
• omissions
• privations
• necessities
• needs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amplitudes
• adequacies
• abundances
• sufficiencies
• wealths
• surpluses
• plenties
• plenitudes
• excesses
• oversupplies
• opulences
• surfeits
• overabundances

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of droughts

Science shows that the rise in life-threatening extreme events such as droughts, floods, fires, heat waves, disease outbreaks, and many more, are caused by us humans. —Johan Rockström, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024