Synonyms of shortage

1 Syllable
pinch, lack, dearth, want
2 Syllables
fewness, leanness, lapse, shortness, tightness, slightness, defect, shortfall, weakness
3 Syllables
sparseness, slenderness, deficit, neediness, sparsity, failure, abjection, defecting, paucity, curtailment, scantiness, retrenchment, scarcity, pauperism, poverty, abjections
4 Syllables
underage, pennilessness, penuriousness, exiguousness, deficiencies, exiguity, aridity, deficiency, defalcation
5 Syllables
inadequacy, impecuniousness, impoverishment, insufficience, insufficiency
6 Syllables
impecuniosity, underdevelopment