Difficulty and Lack

Difficulty

Difficulty noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.

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Lack and difficulty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lack" instead a noun "Difficulty".

Nearby Word: difficult

Lack noun - The fact or state of being absent.

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Difficulty and lack are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Lack".

Nearby Words: lacking, lacked

high	high difficulty	high lack
low	low difficulty	low lack
similar	similar difficulty	similar lack
certain	certain difficulty	certain lack
Other adjectives: current, initial, considerable, relative, sheer, actual, real, severe, massive, extreme, great, serious, infamous, inherent, new, incredible, general, apparent, significant, overall, aforementioned.

New "harder than Another" charts from beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL onwards are labeled as '' (note the lack of "LEGGENDARIA") difficulty.

Source: Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels
Lack of real coffee becomes a real difficulty in Monstrous Regiment thanks to a vampire using it as his substitute for blood.

Source: Uncoffee
Aside from her difficulty speaking, she is also dyslexic and often comes across as having an Ambiguous Disorder due to her lack of social skills.

Source: Handicapped Badass

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Lack and Difficulty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/lack

Difficulty & Lack. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/lack>.

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