Skip to content

lack

/læk/noun, verb1 syllable

Lack means: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.

Synonyms for lack16

noun, as in the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

deficiency, want

verb, as in be without

miss

also used for lack

paucity, dearth, deficit, dejection, inadequacy, infrequency, insufficiency, meagerness, nonsufficiency, penury, rareness, rarity, scantiness

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of lack

have

What does lack mean?3

noun

1

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable“there is a serious lack of insight into the problem”

verb

1

be without“This soup lacks salt”

2

To be insufficiently prepared

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with lack?31

two syllables

attack
Show 40 near rhymes
thatashaveatancanhashadthanlastmanambadthankthanksfacthalfhandunderstandyeahclasspastaskactaskedplanchancelandalbankhandsstandtaxfastmatchadddamnperhapsstaffbegan

All 31 rhymes for lack, grouped by syllable

Lack in a sentence

  • If you have a cold, lack of sleep is very bad for you.CK
  • When you lack sleep, you are apt to be careless.unknown
  • Recently what with anxiety and lack of sleep, she has lost almost ten pounds.CM
  • In judging his work, we must take account of his lack of experience.unknown
  • In judging his work, you should make allowances for his lack of experience.CM
  • Refugees will suffer lack of food, water, medicine and all that.unknown
  • By lack of attention, she hit the post with her car.FeuDRenais
  • In my opinion, lack of a mission makes one's life vain.Eldad

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of lack

as a noun

plural
lacks

as a verb

past tense
lacked
present participle
lacking
third-person singular
lacks
past participle
lacked