Lack

//læk//

Synonyms for "lack" (148 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (30)

Verb(1 words)
cease

Strong matches (44)

Related words (74)

Verb(1 words)
miss

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

3 entries

More specific

3 entries

Antonyms

11 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

Related terms

3 entries

derived

21 entries

Showing 16 of 21 words.

distinct from

8 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

39 entries

Showing 16 of 39 words.

Translations

188 translations across 67 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • skam noun (deficiency, need)
  • lyp verb (be without, need, require)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • ἔνδεια noun (deficiency, need)
  • δέω verb (be without, need, require)
  • χηρεύω verb (be without, need, require)

Arabic

2 entries
  • عَدَم وُجُود noun (deficiency, need)
  • نَقْص noun (deficiency, need)

Armenian

2 entries
  • պակաս noun (deficiency, need)
  • պակասություն noun (deficiency, need)

Assamese

2 entries
  • অনাটন noun (deficiency, need)
  • নাটনি noun (deficiency, need)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qıtlıq noun (deficiency, need)
  • çatışmazlıq noun (deficiency, need)

Basque

1 entries
  • falta da verb (be without, need, require)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • адсу́тнасць noun (deficiency, need)
  • брак noun (deficiency, need)
  • недахва́т noun (deficiency, need)
  • недахо́п noun (deficiency, need)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • आभाव noun (deficiency, need)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ли́пса noun (deficiency, need)
  • ну́жда noun (deficiency, need)
  • отсъ́ствие noun (deficiency, need)
  • липсва ми verb (be without, need, require)

Catalan

4 entries
  • falta noun (deficiency, need)
  • fretura noun (deficiency, need)
  • manca noun (deficiency, need)
  • mancança noun (deficiency, need)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 不足 noun (deficiency, need)
  • 缺乏 noun (deficiency, need)
  • 欠 verb (be without, need, require)
  • 缺 verb (be without, need, require)

Czech

2 entries
  • nedostatek noun (deficiency, need)
  • postrádat verb (be without, need, require)

Danish

2 entries
  • mangel noun (deficiency, need)
  • mangle verb (be without, need, require)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gebrek noun (deficiency, need)
  • derven verb (be without, need, require)
  • gebrek hebben (aan) verb (be without, need, require)
  • missen verb (be without, need, require)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • manko noun (deficiency, need)
  • manki verb (be without, need, require)

Faliscan

1 entries
  • careo (careo) verb (be without, need, require)

Finnish

4 entries
  • puute noun (deficiency, need)
  • vajaus noun (deficiency, need)
  • vaje noun (deficiency, need)
  • kaivata verb (be without, need, require)

French

4 entries
  • absence noun (deficiency, need)
  • défaut noun (deficiency, need)
  • manque noun (deficiency, need)
  • manquer verb (be without, need, require)

Galician

4 entries
  • carencia noun (deficiency, need)
  • falla noun (deficiency, need)
  • marra noun (deficiency, need)
  • fallar verb (be without, need, require)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აკლია verb (be without, need, require)

German

4 entries
  • Mangel noun (deficiency, need)
  • entbehren verb (be without, need, require)
  • fehlen verb (be without, need, require)
  • fääle verb (be without, need, require)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍅𐌰𐌽 noun (deficiency, need)

Greek

2 entries
  • έλλειψη noun (deficiency, need)
  • ένδεια noun (deficiency, need)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • ilatsi verb (be without, need, require)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • manke verb (be without, need, require)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • חוסר noun (deficiency, need)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अपर्याप्त noun (deficiency, need)
  • अभाव noun (deficiency, need)
  • कमी noun (deficiency, need)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • hiány noun (deficiency, need)
  • hiányol verb (be without, need, require)
  • hiányt szenved verb (be without, need, require)
  • nélkülöz verb (be without, need, require)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • skortur noun (deficiency, need)
  • skorta verb (be without, need, require)

Ido

1 entries
  • indijar verb (be without, need, require)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • vaijuus noun (deficiency, need)

Irish

1 entries
  • uireasa noun (deficiency, need)

Italian

4 entries
  • carenza noun (deficiency, need)
  • mancanza noun (deficiency, need)
  • penuria noun (deficiency, need)
  • scarsità noun (deficiency, need)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 不足 noun (deficiency, need)
  • 欠乏 noun (deficiency, need)
  • 欠く verb (be without, need, require)
  • 欠ける verb (be without, need, require)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • mësac verb (be without, need, require)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ខ្វះ verb (be without, need, require)

Korean

4 entries
  • 결핍 noun (deficiency, need)
  • 부족 noun (deficiency, need)
  • 부족하다 verb (be without, need, require)
  • 없다 verb (be without, need, require)

Ladino

2 entries
  • mankansa noun (deficiency, need)
  • mankar verb (be without, need, require)

Latin

4 entries
  • pēnūria noun (deficiency, need)
  • careo verb (be without, need, require)
  • desidero verb (be without, need, require)
  • desum verb (be without, need, require)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • недостаток noun (deficiency, need)
  • недостасува verb (be without, need, require)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • അഭാവം noun (deficiency, need)
  • ഇല്ലായ്മ noun (deficiency, need)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • дутах verb (be without, need, require)

Māori

2 entries
  • kore noun (deficiency, need)
  • kōpaka verb (be without, need, require)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • mangel noun (deficiency, need)
  • mangle verb (be without, need, require)

Occitan

3 entries
  • manca noun (deficiency, need)
  • mancança noun (deficiency, need)
  • mancar verb (be without, need, require)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • недостати verb (be without, need, require)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • فقدان noun (deficiency, need)
  • نقصان noun (deficiency, need)

Polish

4 entries
  • brak noun (deficiency, need)
  • niedostatek noun (deficiency, need)
  • brakować verb (be without, need, require)
  • zabraknąć verb (be without, need, require)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • carência noun (deficiency, need)
  • deficiência noun (deficiency, need)
  • escassez noun (deficiency, need)
  • falta noun (deficiency, need)

Quechua

2 entries
  • muchuy verb (be without, need, require)
  • usuy verb (be without, need, require)

Romanian

1 entries
  • lipsă (de) noun (deficiency, need)

Russian

4 entries
  • недоста́ток noun (deficiency, need)
  • нехва́тка noun (deficiency, need)
  • нужда́ noun (deficiency, need)
  • отсу́тствие noun (deficiency, need)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • cion noun (deficiency, need)
  • easbhaidh noun (deficiency, need)
  • gainne noun (deficiency, need)
  • gainnead noun (deficiency, need)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • nedostatak noun (deficiency, need)
  • недостатак noun (deficiency, need)

Sidamo

1 entries
  • hooga verb (be without, need, require)

Slovak

2 entries
  • nedostatok noun (deficiency, need)
  • chýbať verb (be without, need, require)

Slovene

1 entries
  • manjkati verb (be without, need, require)

Spanish

4 entries
  • carencia noun (deficiency, need)
  • escasez noun (deficiency, need)
  • falta noun (deficiency, need)
  • penuria noun (deficiency, need)

Swedish

4 entries
  • avsaknad noun (deficiency, need)
  • brist noun (deficiency, need)
  • fattas verb (be without, need, require)
  • sakna verb (be without, need, require)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • menki noun (deficiency, need)

Turkish

4 entries
  • eksiklik noun (deficiency, need)
  • noksan noun (deficiency, need)
  • yokluk noun (deficiency, need)
  • yoksunluk noun (deficiency, need)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • брак noun (deficiency, need)
  • відсу́тність noun (deficiency, need)
  • недоста́ча noun (deficiency, need)
  • бракува́ти verb (be without, need, require)

Urdu

1 entries
  • کمی noun (deficiency, need)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • thiếu verb (be without, need, require)

Welsh

2 entries
  • diffyg noun (deficiency, need)
  • yn eisiau verb (be without, need, require)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • kemeyin noun (deficiency, need)
  • kemiyey noun (deficiency, need)
  • qıtlığ noun (deficiency, need)
  • taynin noun (deficiency, need)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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You must make allowance for his lack of experience.

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It's not the time but the will that you lack.

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I'll make allowances for your lack of experience.

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The lack of modern post facilities caused trouble for many shippers.

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