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

These giant pools, which are supposed to help big farms deal with increasingly frequent droughts, require pumping groundwater out of aquifers. —Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 27 Mar. 2025

Prickly poppies are so thorny that cattle will leave them completely untouched even during drought, when all other vegetation has been exhausted. —Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 25 Mar. 2025

Strong winds, low humidity and moderate to long-term drought conditions across the region were fueling the fires. —Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2025

There is a severe drought in portions of Lake County, a moderate drought from Orlando to Titusville and abnormally dry conditions in most areas except from Melbourne to Port. —Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025