Synonyms and antonyms of Lack of rain in British Thesaurus

drought (noun)

a long period of time when there is little or no rain and crops die

dry (adjective)

dry weather is when there is no rain

the dry season (noun)

a period of the year in some countries during which rain does not usually fall

dust bowl (noun)

a region where there are a lot of dust storms because the soil has become dry because of a lack of rain

fail (verb)

if the rains fail, it does not rain during the usual season or time of the year

keep off (British)

British if rain or snow keeps off, it does not fall, although you expected it to

parch (verb)

if hot weather parches the ground, it makes it extremely dry