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aridity

[uh-rid-i-tee] / əˈrɪd ɪ ti /
NOUN
barrenness
Synonyms
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aridness bleakness emptiness underdevelopment
Antonyms
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fecundity fertility fruitfulness
NOUN
climate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
humidity temperature
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altitude clime conditions latitude
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atmospheric conditions characteristic weather meteorologic conditions meteorological character
NOUN
drought
Synonyms
STRONGEST
lack scarcity
STRONG
dearth deficiency dehydration desiccation insufficiency need want
WEAK
dry spell parchedness rainlessness
Antonyms
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abundance excess surplus
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plenty sufficiency
WEAK
monsoon wetness
NOUN
dullness
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boredom commonplaceness drabness dreariness dryness familiarity flatness insipidity insipidness lifelessness monotony routine sameness slowness staleness tediousness tedium uninterestingness vapidity
Antonyms
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excitement
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action interest liveliness
NOUN
fruitlessness
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aridness barrenness ineffectiveness ineffectuality unproductiveness unprofitableness uselessness vanity
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vainness
NOUN
impecuniosity
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abjection bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessitousness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want
NOUN
impecuniousness
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abjection bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want
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impecuniosity necessitousness
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abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth
NOUN
impoverishment
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depletion famine hardship insolvency privation scarcity starvation underdevelopment
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abjection bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity impecuniousness inadequacy indigence insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness reduction shortage straits vacancy want
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impecuniosity necessitousness
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abundance adequacy advantage affluence comfort enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty satisfaction sufficiency wealth
NOUN
innocuousness
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insipidity
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blandness boredom commonplaceness drabness dreariness dryness familiarity flatness insipidness jejuneness lifelessness routine sameness slowness staleness tediousness tedium uninterestingness vapidity vapidness washiness wateriness
NOUN
insipidity
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monotony
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blandness boredom colorlessness commonplaceness drabness dreariness dryness familiarity flatness flavorlessness gentility insipidness jejuneness lifelessness mildness routine sameness slowness staleness sterileness sterility stodginess tediousness tedium uninterestingness vapidity vapidness weariness
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asepticism innocuousness
Antonyms
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excitement
NOUN
insipidness
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blandness boredom commonplaceness drabness dreariness dryness dullness familiarity flatness jejuneness lifelessness routine sameness slowness staleness tediousness tedium uninterestingness vapidity vapidness wateriness
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innocuousness washiness
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excitement interest
NOUN
jejuneness
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dullness
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blandness boredom colorlessness commonplaceness drabness dreariness dryness familiarity flatness flavorlessness insipidity insipidness lifelessness routine sameness slowness staleness sterileness sterility stodginess tediousness tedium uninterestingness vapidity vapidness weariness
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asepticism
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excitement
NOUN
lifelessness
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STRONGEST
dullness
STRONG
blandness boredom colorlessness commonplaceness drabness dreariness dryness flatness flavorlessness insipidity insipidness jejuneness routine sameness slowness staleness sterileness sterility stodginess tediousness tedium uninterestingness vapidity vapidness weariness
WEAK
familiarity
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excitement
NOUN
meagerness
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need poverty scantiness scarcity
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abundance luxury wealth
NOUN
neediness
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abjection bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want
WEAK
impecuniosity necessitousness
Antonyms
STRONG
abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth
NOUN
pennilessness
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abjection bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want
WEAK
impecuniosity necessitousness
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STRONG
abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth
NOUN
penuriousness
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abjection bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness exiguity famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want
WEAK
impecuniosity necessitousness
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STRONG
abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth
NOUN
poverty
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bankruptcy debt deficit difficulty famine hardship lack scarcity shortage starvation underdevelopment
STRONG
abjection barrenness beggary dearth deficiency depletion destitution distress emptiness exiguity impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency meagerness necessity pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penury pinch poorness privation reduction straits vacancy
WEAK
necessitousness
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abundance ease enough excess plenty profit surplus
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adequacy advantage affluence fill sufficiency wealth
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luxury richness
NOUN
sterileness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dullness
STRONG
blandness boredom colorlessness commonplaceness drabness dreariness dryness flatness flavorlessness insipidity insipidness jejuneness lifelessness routine sameness slowness staleness sterility stodginess tediousness tedium uninterestingness vapidity vapidness weariness
WEAK
asepticism
Antonyms
STRONG
excitement
NOUN
stodginess
Synonyms
STRONG
blandness boredom colorlessness commonplaceness drabness dreariness dryness dullness flatness flavorlessness insipidity insipidness jejuneness lifelessness routine sameness slowness staleness sterileness sterility tediousness tedium uninterestingness vapidity vapidness weariness
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familiarity
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STRONG
excitement liveliness
NOUN
thirst
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appetite desire eagerness hankering hunger longing lust passion yearning
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drought dryness keenness thirstiness yen
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aversion disgust dislike distaste hate hatred indifference repulsion
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wetness
NOUN
vapidity
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dullness
STRONG
blandness boredom colorlessness commonplaceness drabness dreariness dryness familiarity flatness flavorlessness insipidity insipidness jejuneness lifelessness routine sameness slowness staleness sterileness sterility stodginess tediousness tedium uninterestingness vapidness weariness
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excitement
NOUN
vapidness
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blandness boredom colorlessness commonplaceness drabness dreariness dryness flatness flavorlessness insipidity insipidness jejuneness lifelessness routine sameness slowness staleness sterileness sterility stodginess tediousness tedium uninterestingness vapidity weariness
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familiarity
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excitement

Example Sentences

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But it isn’t just the heat—it’s the aridity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The desert's extreme aridity makes it one of the clearest places on Earth to view the night sky and is famous for being home to the largest radio telescope in the world.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

A recent study in the journal Nature Climate Change found that severe increases in aridity caused by climate change is drying out frog habitats across the globe.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2024

The extra heat and aridity may then make conditions favorable for more fire.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2024

From a geographer’s point of view, it is a splendid anomaly, commencing with its extreme aridity.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann