Grade 13

dearth (dearth)

Definition


noun.
scarcity; a shortage

Example Sentence

During a famine there is a dearth of food.

Synonyms

lack; need; paucity; poverty; scarcity; shortage

Antonyms

excess; glut; plethora; surfeit; wealth

Rhymes

  • berth
  • birth
  • dearth
  • earth
  • firth
  • furth
  • gerth
  • girth
  • hirth
  • kerth
  • kurth
  • mirth
  • perth
  • werth
  • wirth
  • worth
  • wurth

  • rebirth
  • unearth
  • wentworth