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Synonyms for "famine" in English

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famine:
- famine; scarcity; shortage; tightness; scantiness; paucity; needyness; dearth

English

Detailed Synonyms for famine in English

famine:

famine [the ~] nom

the famine
the famine
- famine [the ~] nom
the famine
the scarcity; the shortage; the tightness; the famine; the scantiness; the paucity; the needyness
- scarcity [the ~] nom
- shortage [the ~] nom
- tightness [the ~] nom
- famine [the ~] nom
- scantiness [the ~] nom
- paucity [the ~] nom
- needyness [the ~] nom
the famine

– a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death ¹
the famine
– a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death ¹
- famine [the ~] nom
the famine

– an acute insufficiency ¹
the famine; the shortage; the dearth
– an acute insufficiency ¹
- famine [the ~] nom
- shortage [the ~] nom
- dearth [the ~] nom

Related Words for "famine":

famines

Alternate Synonyms for "famine":

dearth; shortage; lack; deficiency; want
calamity; catastrophe; disaster; tragedy; cataclysm

Related Definitions for "famine":

a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death¹
an acute insufficiency¹

Related Synonyms for famine

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