English

Detailed Synonyms for shortage in English

shortage:

shortage [the ~] noun

  1. the shortage
    the shortage; the deficiency; the lack; the deficit; the shortcoming; the insufficiency; the shortfall
  2. the shortage
    the scarcity; the shortage; the tightness; the famine; the scantiness; the paucity; the needyness
  3. the shortage
    the shortage
  4. the shortage
    – the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required 1
    the deficit; the shortage; the shortfall
    – the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required 1
    • deficit [the ~] noun
      • new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit1
    • shortage [the ~] noun
    • shortfall [the ~] noun
  5. the shortage
    – an acute insufficiency 1
    the famine; the shortage; the dearth
    – an acute insufficiency 1

Related Words for "shortage":

  • shortages

Alternate Synonyms for "shortage":


Related Definitions for "shortage":

  1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required1
  2. an acute insufficiency1

Related Synonyms for shortage