dearth Synonym

scarcity - shortage - lack - deficiency - insufficiency - paucity - want - famine - drought - absence - meagerness - scantiness - sparseness - rareness - infrequency - undersupply - inadequacy - dearth - privation - exiguity - scantness - deficit - penury - poverty - need - rarity - thinness - insufficience - shortfall - meager supply - limited supply - sparingness - skimpiness - slenderness - slimness - spareness - stringency - tightness - want of - dearth of - lack of - inadequateness - insufficiency of - scantiness of - shortage of - deficiency of - paucity of - insufficience of

Dearth is a noun that means a scarcity or lack of something. It is commonly used to describe a situation where there is not enough of something, suggesting insufficiency and rarity. Examples include a dearth of evidence, a dearth of water in an area, or a dearth of skills in a particular field.