lacking

The word “lacking” has 2 syllables: lack-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈlækɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for lacking?

In the thesaurus, “lacking” has 82 synonyms and 61 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for lacking

Antonyms for lacking

Meanings of lacking

  • 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.
  • noun
    1. The absence of something; a lack.
  • adjective
    1. Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).
    2. Not carrying a firearm.

Example Sentences

  • The report was thorough, but the conclusion seemed lacking in supporting evidence.
  • His performance was decent, yet it was not extraordinary, lacking the passion we expected.
  • The novel's plot was intriguing, but the character development felt lacking.
  • The team's strategy was well-planned, but their execution was lacking in coordination.
  • Despite her extensive experience, her resume was lacking the key achievements employers look for.

On this page you'll find 143 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lacking, such as: abounding, absent, abundant, active, adequate, alive, ample.

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

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dabbling

  • amateurish
  • amusing
  • antic
  • artsy fartsy
  • bare
  • cavorting
  • coltish
  • coy
  • crude
  • cut short
  • dallying
  • dawdling
  • defective
  • deficient
  • delay
  • delaying
  • delightful
  • delighting
  • devilish
  • dilettante
  • dilly-dallying
  • disporting
  • diverting
  • elfish
  • energetic
  • enjoyable
  • entertaining
  • faulty
  • fay
  • formless
  • found wanting
  • fragmentary
  • frisking
  • frisky
  • frittering
  • frivoling
  • frivolous
  • frolic
  • frolicking
  • frolicsome
  • fun
  • gamboling
  • gambolling
  • gay
  • goldbricking
  • goofy
  • green
  • half-baked
  • half-cocked
  • half-done
  • hanging
  • hanging about
  • happy
  • idling
  • immature
  • imperfect
  • impish
  • in the making
  • in the rough
  • incomplete
  • jesting
  • jocose
  • jocular
  • jocund
  • joking
  • kittenish
  • knavish
  • lacking
  • larky
  • lighthearted
  • lively
  • loafing
  • loitering
  • merry
  • messing around
  • mischievous
  • natural
  • not done
  • pixie
  • pixy
  • plain
  • playful
  • playing
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • pleasurable
  • poking
  • prankish
  • procrastinating
  • procrastination
  • puttering
  • rascally
  • raw
  • recreating
  • relaxing
  • resting
  • roguish
  • rollicking
  • romping
  • rookie
  • rough
  • roughhewn
  • screwing around
  • shapeless
  • silly
  • sketchy
  • skylarking
  • spirited
  • sportful
  • sporting
  • sportive
  • sprightly
  • spunky
  • teasing
  • tenderfoot
  • tentative
  • toying
  • trifling
  • unaccomplished
  • unadorned
  • unassembled
  • uncompleted
  • unconcluded
  • under construction
  • undeveloped
  • undone
  • unexecuted
  • unfashioned
  • unfulfilled
  • ungifted
  • unperfected
  • unpolished
  • unrefined
  • unskilled
  • vivacious
  • wanting
  • whimsical

vacated

vain

  • abortive
  • arrogant
  • assumptive
  • assured
  • bad
  • barren
  • base
  • big-headed
  • biggety
  • biggity
  • bigheaded
  • blusterous
  • blustery
  • boastful
  • bombastic
  • bootless
  • braggart
  • bragging
  • braggy
  • bumptious
  • cavalier
  • chaffy
  • cheap
  • cheapjack
  • chesty
  • cocky
  • complacent
  • conceited
  • condescending
  • confident
  • consequential
  • counterproductive
  • defective
  • deficient
  • delusive
  • delusory
  • disdainful
  • domineering
  • dud
  • duff
  • egocentric
  • egoistic
  • egoistical
  • egotistic
  • egotistical
  • empty
  • fastuous
  • flawed
  • frivolous
  • fruitless
  • futile
  • going nowhere
  • haughty
  • hifalutin
  • high-and-mighty
  • high-handed
  • high-hat
  • highfalutin
  • holier-than-thou
  • hollow
  • hopeless
  • huffy
  • idle
  • imperfect
  • imperious
  • important
  • impossible
  • in vain
  • in vicious circle
  • inadequate
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • inefficacious
  • inferior
  • inflated
  • insignificant
  • insufficient
  • junky
  • lacking
  • lofty
  • lordly
  • lost
  • lousy
  • low-grade
  • masterful
  • meaningless
  • misleading
  • narcissistic
  • no dice
  • no-good
  • no-win
  • not a prayer
  • not worth the candle
  • nugatory
  • null
  • of no avail
  • on a treadmill
  • ostentatious
  • otiose
  • overconfident
  • overweening
  • paltry
  • patronizing
  • peremptory
  • petty
  • pleased with oneself
  • pointless
  • pompous
  • pontifical
  • presuming
  • presumptuous
  • pretentious
  • prideful
  • profitless
  • proud
  • puffed up
  • puny
  • second-rate
  • self-adulatory
  • self-affected
  • self-applauding
  • self-asserting
  • self-assertive
  • self-assured
  • self-centered
  • self-conceited
  • self-confident
  • self-congratulatory
  • self-contented
  • self-dramatizing
  • self-engrossed
  • self-glorifying
  • self-gratulatory
  • self-important
  • self-opinionated
  • self-promoting
  • self-satisfied
  • selfish
  • senseless
  • shuck
  • slight
  • smug
  • snobbish
  • snobby
  • snooty
  • sterile
  • stuck-up
  • substandard
  • supercilious
  • superior
  • swaggering
  • swellheaded
  • swollen-headed
  • time-wasting
  • toploftical
  • toplofty
  • trifling
  • trivial
  • unacceptable
  • unattainable
  • unavailing
  • unimportant
  • unnotable
  • unproductive
  • unprofitable
  • unsatisfactory
  • unsuccessful
  • uppish
  • uppity
  • useless
  • vainglorious
  • valueless
  • void
  • wanting
  • worthless

wack

  • abominable
  • abysmal
  • anima
  • atrocious
  • awful
  • bad
  • bastard
  • below par
  • brutal
  • bum
  • bush
  • bush-league
  • card
  • character
  • cheesy
  • clown
  • coarse
  • common
  • counterfeit
  • crank
  • crappy
  • crumby
  • crummy
  • customer
  • cut-rate
  • damnable
  • defective
  • deficient
  • deplorable
  • detestable
  • disastrous
  • dissatisfactory
  • dreadful
  • eccentric
  • ego
  • egregious
  • execrable
  • fake
  • faulty
  • figure
  • flagrant
  • flawed
  • freak
  • from hunger
  • gnarly
  • gross
  • guise
  • horrendous
  • horrible
  • id
  • identity
  • ill
  • image
  • inadequate
  • inferior
  • insufficient
  • junky
  • lacking
  • lame
  • lesser
  • lousy
  • low-grade
  • low-rent
  • meager
  • meagre
  • mean
  • mediocre
  • mind
  • miscreant
  • miserable
  • miserly
  • niggardly
  • nut
  • nut case
  • oddball
  • oddity
  • odious
  • off
  • original
  • paltry
  • pathetic
  • person
  • personage
  • personality
  • phoney
  • phony
  • poor
  • punk
  • reprehensible
  • role
  • rotten
  • rubbishy
  • scanty
  • scurrilous
  • second-rate
  • self
  • shabby
  • sham
  • shoddy
  • short
  • skimp
  • skimpy
  • sleazy
  • soul
  • sour
  • spare
  • stingy
  • stinky
  • suboptimal
  • subpar
  • substandard
  • sucky
  • terrible
  • trashy
  • unacceptable
  • under par
  • unsatisfactory
  • unspeakable
  • useless
  • valueless
  • vile
  • villainous
  • wanting
  • weirdo
  • worthless
  • wretched
  • wrong

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