Famine : synonyms and lexical field

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Looking for words with meaning close to 'famine': discover synonyms for the word famine, such as shortage or dearth.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as famine. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": shortage and dearth.

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Synonyms for famine sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for famine Degree of synonymy of famine Frequency in the language

shortage
82 2.63

dearth
79 0.10

starvation
72 1.47

hunger
70 5.88

starving
67 16.96

hungry
63 77.08

starve
62 6.16

terror
58 9.00

stricken
57 1.47

fame
55 8.65

appetite
55 8.94

malnutrition
51 0.45

pestilence
51 0.59

destitution
51 0.04

calamity
51 2.00

desertification
51 0

malnourishment
51 0.04

poverty
51 4.33

genocide
51 1.22

disaster
51 17.27

Lexical field of "famine"

shortage
dearth
starvation
hunger
starving
hungry
starve
terror
stricken
fame
appetite
malnutrition
pestilence
destitution
calamity
desertification
malnourishment
poverty
genocide
disaster
undernourishment
impoverishment
privation
catastrophe
undernutrition
crisis
pandemic
cholera
penury
persecution
black plague
depopulation
pauperism
crop failure
famishment
droughts
affamish
epidemics
potato blight
pellagra
scarcities
dust bowl
floods
drought
hyperinflation
holocaust
belg
rinderpest
guinea worm disease
thomas malthus