Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "famine" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

spread quickly

Causes

hunger

Derived Terms

antifamine famine bread famine fever famine food famine or feast famine resistant famine weed faminee faminelike feast or famine nuclear famine postfamine prefamine time famine

Derived From

fames

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

calamity cataclysm catastrophe deficiency disaster lack tragedy want

Type Of (IsA)

calamity disaster shortage

Related Terms

black food horse lack malnutrition personification shortage starvation

Synonym Network

black rider dearth

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