Famine (Noun)

Meaning ¹

An acute insufficiency.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

• Shortage
• Dearth

Hypernyms

• Want
• Lack

Meaning ²

A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural events.

Hypernyms

• Catastrophe
• Tragedy
• Cataclysm
• Disaster

Hyponyms

• The Great Starvation
• The Great Calamity
• The Great Hunger