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lack
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- pronunciation:
- laek
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the state or condition of being without something that is needed or desired; absence; deficiency.
Lack of clean water is one of the worst problems that humans face.They suffer from a lack of food and medicine.They showed a lack of enthusiasm for his suggestion.- synonyms:
- absence, dearth, deficiency, want
- antonyms:
- abundance, excess, surfeit
- similar words:
- deprivation, inadequacy, need, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, void
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| definition 2: |
that which is missing, or the nonexistence or absence of a particular thing.
We didn't have enough chairs for all the guests, but our neighbors supplied the lack.Our hotel room didn't have a balcony, but we never felt the lack.The lack of a tail is what makes our Manx cat different from the others.- synonyms:
- deficiency, need, want
- similar words:
- absence, dearth, deficit, deprivation, omission
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| related words: |
crunch, defect, disadvantage, failure, fate, gap, necessity, poverty, privation |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to be wanting in; be without.
Thousands of people lacked homes after the earthquake.These children's diets lack calcium.The girls lacked a mother, but their father cared for them well.He lacks the energy to see the project through.- synonyms:
- want
- antonyms:
- enjoy, have, possess
- similar words:
- need
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| related words: |
miss, require |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
lacks, lacking, lacked |
| definition: |
to be without something wanted or needed.
The refugee camp lacks for basic necessities.- synonyms:
- need, want
- similar words:
- require
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