SHORTAGE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
   Synonym(s)
   • deficit (what does deficit mean?)
   • shortfall (what does shortfall mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) shortage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • insufficiency (what does insufficiency mean?)
   • inadequacy (what does inadequacy mean?)
   • deficiency (what does deficiency mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • oxygen deficit (what does oxygen deficit mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an acute insufficiency
   Synonym(s)
   • dearth (what does dearth mean?)
   • famine (what does famine mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) shortage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • lack (what does lack mean?)
   • deficiency (what does deficiency mean?)
   • want (what does want mean?)