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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of drought

Fires charred their bark, droughts forced them to ration water, and invasive beetles — some brought to Southern California via firewood — bored into them. —Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024

Meanwhile, fires deep in pristine parts of the Amazon reminded researchers that drought might be breaking down the majestic mechanism that moves water inland across the rain forest, and in the Antarctic there were signs that the melt of crucial glaciers was accelerating. —Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024

But snapping a three-year playoff drought will be the biggest test. —Fox News Staff, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024

However, Upper Basin states argue their smaller reservoirs and harsher drought impacts justify maintaining their current usage levels. —Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024