lacked

The word “lacked” has 1 syllable: lacked

It's pronounced as /lækt/


What is synonym and antonym for lacked?

In the thesaurus, “lacked” has 34 synonyms and 6 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for lacked along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for lacked

  • asked
  • be deficient in
  • be short of
  • be without
  • begged
  • bore
  • challenged
  • claimed
  • commanded
  • demanded
  • enjoined
  • entailed
  • exacted
  • have need of
  • hurting for
  • insisted
  • involved
  • minus
  • miss
  • necessitated
  • need
  • needed
  • not got
  • out
  • pressed
  • quested
  • require
  • required
  • stipulated
  • too little too late
  • took
  • want
  • wanted
  • warranted

Antonyms for lacked

  • dislike
  • had
  • have
  • held
  • owned
  • possessed

Meanings of lacked

  • verb
    1. To be without, to need, to require.
    2. To be short (of or for something).
    3. To be in want.
    4. To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.

Example Sentences

  • The recipe lacked the essential ingredient, resulting in a bland dish.
  • The team lacked cohesion on the field, leading to a series of defeats.
  • His presentation lacked clarity, leaving the audience confused.
  • The novel lacked a compelling plot, making it difficult to stay engaged.
  • The car lacked proper maintenance, causing it to break down on the highway.

On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lacked, such as: asked, be deficient in, be short of, be without, begged, bore, challenged.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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abolished

  • abated
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called for

  • a must
  • appropriate
  • ask for
  • asked
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  • badgered
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  • bore
  • burning
  • called
  • called-for
  • capital
  • challenged
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  • chief
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  • clamant
  • clamorous
  • commanded
  • comme il faut
  • commissioned
  • compelling
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  • condign
  • conforming to accepted standards
  • conventional
  • correct
  • critical
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  • crying
  • decorous
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  • harassed
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  • hurry-up
  • immediate
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  • imperative
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  • important
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  • imposed
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  • inquire
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  • just
  • lack
  • lacked
  • leading
  • licenced
  • licensed
  • life and death
  • mandated
  • mandatory
  • meet
  • momentous
  • must-have
  • necessary
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  • necessitated
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  • need
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  • obligatory
  • occasion
  • of the essence
  • ordained
  • ordered
  • paramount
  • persuasive
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  • prerequisite
  • prescribed
  • pressed
  • pressing
  • primary
  • principal
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  • quested
  • recommended
  • request
  • requested
  • require
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  • right
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  • salient
  • serious
  • set
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  • suggest
  • suitable
  • took
  • top-priority
  • touch and go
  • touchy
  • unavoidable
  • urged
  • vital
  • want
  • wanted
  • warranted
  • weighty

canceled

  • abandoned
  • abated
  • abbreviated
  • abolished
  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • absent
  • annihilated
  • annulled
  • atomized
  • avoided
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  • blacked out
  • blasted
  • bleeped
  • blew up
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  • blotted out
  • blue-penciled
  • bowdlerized
  • broke down
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  • called
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  • censored
  • clipped
  • consumed
  • countermanded
  • cried off
  • cropped
  • cut
  • dashed
  • decimated
  • deled
  • deleted
  • demolished
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • devoured
  • did away with
  • disallowed
  • disannulled
  • discarded
  • discontinued
  • dismantled
  • dismissed
  • dissolved
  • ditched
  • doomed
  • dropped
  • dynamited
  • effaced
  • ejected
  • elided
  • eliminated
  • ended
  • enjoined
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • excised
  • expelled
  • expunged
  • expurgated
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  • extirpated
  • finished
  • flattened
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • fragmented
  • gave up
  • given up
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  • held back
  • inoperative
  • interrupted
  • invalidated
  • jettisoned
  • killed
  • killed off
  • laundered
  • liquidated
  • negated
  • negligible
  • not employed
  • not on duty
  • nulled
  • nullified
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  • on vacation
  • ousted
  • outlawed
  • outside
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • overturned
  • postponed
  • powdered
  • prohibited
  • pulverized
  • quashed
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  • recalled
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  • red-penciled
  • redacted
  • rejected
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  • repealed
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  • retracted
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  • revoked
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  • rubbed out
  • ruined
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  • slender
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  • surrendered
  • suspended
  • terminated
  • threw out
  • took back
  • tore down
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  • unavailable
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  • vetoed
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  • wasted
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  • withdrew
  • wrecked
  • wrote off
  • zapped

cancelled

  • abandoned
  • abated
  • abbreviated
  • abolished
  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • annihilated
  • annulled
  • atomized
  • avoided
  • banned
  • blacked out
  • blasted
  • bleeped
  • blew up
  • blipped
  • blocked
  • blotted out
  • blue-penciled
  • bowdlerized
  • broke down
  • broke off
  • called
  • called off
  • censored
  • clipped
  • consumed
  • countermanded
  • cried off
  • cropped
  • cut
  • cut short
  • dashed
  • decimated
  • deled
  • deleted
  • demolished
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • devoured
  • did away with
  • disallowed
  • disannulled
  • discarded
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  • dismantled
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  • dropped
  • dynamited
  • effaced
  • ejected
  • elided
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  • ended
  • enjoined
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • excised
  • expelled
  • expunged
  • expurgated
  • exterminated
  • extirpated
  • finished
  • flattened
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • fragmented
  • gave up
  • gridlocked
  • halted
  • held back
  • interrupted
  • invalidated
  • jettisoned
  • killed
  • killed off
  • laundered
  • liquidated
  • negated
  • nulled
  • nullified
  • obliterated
  • ousted
  • outlawed
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • overturned
  • powdered
  • prohibited
  • pulverized
  • quashed
  • ravaged
  • razed
  • recalled
  • recanted
  • red-penciled
  • redacted
  • rejected
  • relinquished
  • removed
  • repealed
  • repressed
  • rescinded
  • retracted
  • reversed
  • revoked
  • rolled back
  • rubbed out
  • ruined
  • scrapped
  • scrubbed
  • set aside
  • shattered
  • shortened
  • silenced
  • smashed
  • splintered
  • stopped
  • struck down
  • suppressed
  • surrendered
  • suspended
  • terminated
  • threw out
  • took back
  • tore down
  • totaled
  • totalled
  • vacated
  • vetoed
  • voided
  • wasted
  • wiped out
  • withdrew
  • wrecked
  • wrote off
  • zapped

clobbered

  • annihilated
  • ate alive
  • banged
  • bashed
  • batted
  • battered
  • beaned
  • beat
  • beat the pants off
  • belt
  • belted
  • bested
  • bettered
  • biffed
  • blast
  • blew away
  • bludgeoned
  • bobbed
  • bombed
  • bonked
  • bopped
  • boxed
  • brained
  • broke
  • buffeted
  • bumped
  • bunged
  • bunted
  • buried
  • bust
  • busted
  • butted
  • caned
  • capped
  • chopped
  • clapped
  • clapt
  • clipped
  • clocked
  • clouted
  • clubbed
  • conked
  • conquered
  • cracked
  • creamed
  • crushed
  • cudgeled
  • cudgelled
  • cuffed
  • decked
  • destroyed
  • did in
  • dispatched
  • drub
  • drubbed
  • dumped
  • dusted
  • eclipsed
  • exceeded
  • excelled
  • felled
  • finished
  • flailed
  • flattened
  • flicked
  • flogged
  • floored
  • flourished
  • hammered
  • hit
  • hung one on
  • hurdled
  • jabbed
  • jostled
  • kicked
  • kneed
  • knocked
  • knocked down
  • knocked off
  • knocked over
  • laced
  • lambaste
  • lambasted
  • lashed
  • leveled
  • levelled
  • lick
  • licked
  • mangled
  • mastered
  • mauled
  • nailed
  • nosed out
  • outdid
  • outdistanced
  • outfought
  • outshined
  • outshone
  • outstripped
  • overbore
  • overcame
  • overmatched
  • overpowered
  • overthrew
  • overtopped
  • overwhelmed
  • pasted
  • pelted
  • peppered
  • pipped
  • poked
  • pommeled
  • pommelled
  • pounded
  • prodded
  • pummeled
  • pummelled
  • punched
  • pushed
  • rabbit-punched
  • ran circles around
  • ran rings around
  • rapped
  • roughed
  • routed
  • sank
  • sapped
  • scored
  • scuffed
  • shellac
  • shellacked
  • shoved
  • skinned
  • skulled
  • skunked
  • slam
  • slammed
  • slapped
  • slashed
  • slaughtered
  • sledged
  • sledgehammered
  • slogged
  • slug
  • slugged
  • smacked
  • smash
  • smear
  • smoked
  • smote
  • smother
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  • snowed under
  • socked
  • speared
  • stabbed
  • stamped
  • stroked
  • struck
  • subdued
  • subjugated
  • succeeded
  • sucker punched
  • sunk
  • surmounted
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  • swatted
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  • tagged
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  • thrash
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  • trim
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  • tromped
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  • wallop
  • walloped
  • waxed
  • whacked
  • whaled
  • whapped
  • whip
  • whipped
  • whomped
  • whopped
  • whupped
  • wiped the floor with
  • wiped the ground with
  • worsted
  • zapped

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