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Sense: Verb: not have
Synonyms:
need Collocations, want Collocations, require Collocations, be missing, be lacking in, have need of, be in need of, be short of, run short of, be wanting, not have
Antonyms:
have Collocations, possess Collocations, own Collocations, enjoy Collocations, boast Collocations, not want for anything, live comfortably, be well-off, acquire, be teeming with, be blessed with
Sense: Noun: absence or insufficiency
Synonyms:
absence Collocations, need Collocations, dearth, paucity, deficiency, scarcity Collocations, sparsity, insufficiency, inadequacy, scantiness, scantness, shortcoming
Antonyms:
plenty Collocations, abundance, sufficiency, enough Collocations, profusion, affluence, opulence, lavishness, plenitude, fortune Collocations, prosperity, embarrassment of riches
Sense: Noun: shortage
Synonyms:
shortage Collocations, shortfall Collocations, shortness, need Collocations, want Collocations, gap Collocations, lacuna, deficit, deficiency, loss Collocations
Antonyms:
surplus Collocations, wealth Collocations, luxury Collocations, glut, overflow Collocations, excess Collocations, plethora, perk Collocations, bounty Collocations, lots of, regular supply, heaps, oodles