lack

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. want, deficiency, shortage, need. —v. t. need, require. See insufficiency, poverty.Ant., sufficiency.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The state of being lacking]

Syn. destitution, absence, need, dearth, shortage, paucity, deprivation, deficiency, deficit, scarcity, exiguity, exigency, insufficiency, inadequacy, privation, poverty, distress, scantiness.

Ant. plenty*, sufficiency, abundance.

2. [That which is lacking]

Syn. need, decrease, want, loss, depletion, shrinkage, shortage, shortness, short fall, shortcoming, abridgment, defect, meagerness, scantiness, slightness, inferiority, paucity, stint, curtailment, retrenchment, reduction; see also necessity 2 .

Ant. wealth*, overflow, satisfaction.

v.

Syn. need, want, require, have need (of); see need .

Syn.- lack implies an absence or insufficiency of something essential or deSired [ she lacks experience ] ; want (in this sense, chiefly British) and need stress the urgency of supplying what is lacking [ this matter needs , or wants , immediate attention ] ; require emphasizes even more strongly imperative need, connoting that what is needed is indispensable [ his work requires Great powers of concentration ]

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

want, deficiency, need, dearth, insufficiency, shortage, shortfall, paucity, privation.

ANT.: overflow, excess, abundance

II

v.

miss, need, want, fall short, be found wanting, require.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, underage1. See EXCESS. 2. The condition of lacking a needed or usual amount: absence, dearth, want. See EXCESS. II verb To be without what is needed, required, or essential: need, require, want. See OWNED.