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

After 443 days, Washington, D.C.’s panda drought has finally come to an end. —Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025

The Kings were widely criticized for firing Brown, who led them to the playoffs for the first time since 2006, ending the longest playoff drought in NBA history after 16 consecutive losing seasons. —Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025

Then last season, the Lions went 12-5 and snapped their playoff drought, picking up two postseason wins to advance to the NFC Championship Game. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025

Now the Bears, who last won a postseason game in January 2011, have the third-longest drought in the league without a playoff win, behind only the Dolphins, who last won a playoff game in 2000, and Raiders (January 2003). —Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025