lack
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
Types & categories
- need hypernym
- absence hyponym
- dearth hyponym
- deficit hyponym
- mineral deficiency hyponym
- shortness hyponym
- stringency hyponym
Related & opposite
- need derivation
- lack derivation
- want derivation
- substandard derivation
Sense 2 verb
be without
This soup lacks salt
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- feature antonym
- deficiency derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lack |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | want |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | substandard |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | need |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | absence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dearth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deficit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mineral deficiency |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shortness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stringency |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | feature |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deficiency |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | want |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exclude |