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Synonyms for defect
ˈdi fɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt; dɪˈfɛktde·fect
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
defect
Whatever mars the beauty or completeness of an object is a blemish, whether original, as squinting eyes, or the result of accident or disease, etc., as the pits of smallpox. A blemish is superficial; a flaw or taint is in structure or substance. In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character. A defect is the want or lack of something; fault, primarily a failing, is something that fails of an apparent intent or disappoints a natural expectation; thus a sudden dislocation or displacement of geological strata is called a fault. Figuratively, a blemish comes from one's own ill-doing; a brand or stigma is inflicted by others; as, the brand of infamy.
Synonyms:
blemish, blot, blur, brand, crack, daub, defacement, deformity, dent, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, fault, flaw, imperfection, injury, reproach, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
defect
Synonyms:
shortcoming, omission, fault, imperfection, flaw, blemish, wantAntonyms:
supply, sufficiency, emendation, compensation, virtue, ornament, complement
Princeton's WordNet
defectnoun
an imperfection in a bodily system
"visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"
Synonyms:
shortcoming, mar, fault, blemish, flawdefect, shortcomingnoun
a failing or deficiency
"that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"
Synonyms:
shortcoming, mar, fault, blemish, flawdefect, fault, flawnoun
an imperfection in an object or machine
"a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
Synonyms:
blemish, mar, shift, faulting, mistake, fault, demerit, shortcoming, break, flaw, fracture, geological fault, errorblemish, defect, marverb
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
"a facial blemish"
Synonyms:
blemish, mar, flaw, fault, shortcomingdefect, desertverb
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
"If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
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Editors Contribution
gremlin
a gremlin is an aircraft term for some mysterious kink in the proper workings of onboard systems, a systems "manufacturer's defect" or danger point
the ailerons deployed opposite one another causing a near fatal spin
Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
defectnoun
Synonyms:
deficiencydefectnoun
Synonyms:
imperfection, blemish, flawdefectnoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
defectnoun
Synonyms:
blemish, flaw, imperfection, foible, failing, shortcoming, infirmity
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "defect":
default, irregularity, flaw, anomaly, defects, failure, shortcoming, vice, deficiency, abnormality, fault, absence, necrosis, malformation, lack, malfunction, impropriety
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#254 | want | |
#772 | mar | |
#899 | error | |
#974 | brand | |
#1538 | default | |
#1618 | break | |
#2278 | failure | |
#2474 | vice | |
#2498 | lack | |
#2620 | injury | |
#2915 | spot | |
#3202 | soil | |
#3711 | shift | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4409 | desert | |
#4642 | absence | |
#5045 | fault | |
#5805 | mistake | |
#7861 | defects | |
#10327 | defect | |
#10765 | deficiency | |
#12545 | stain | |
#13712 | dent | |
#14530 | abandon | |
#14595 | fracture | |
#16176 | flaw | |
#17829 | omission | |
#17984 | blur | |
#19391 | anomaly | |
#22939 | necrosis | |
#23782 | stigma | |
#24566 | blot | |
#26407 | malfunction | |
#26615 | disgrace | |
#30914 | speck | |
#36359 | desolate | |
#37623 | abnormality | |
#42903 | reproach | |
#43554 | blemish | |
#46613 | taint | |
#47832 | forsake | |
#48486 | deformity | |
#51563 | irregularity | |
#51950 | tarnish | |
#55818 | shortcoming | |
#56562 | imperfection | |
#59800 | dishonor | |
#60429 | malformation | |
#65516 | faulting | |
#66317 | impropriety | |
#91218 | disfigurement | |
#102969 | demerit | |
#108001 | defacement | |
#113170 | daub |
How to use defect in a sentence?
The better-late-than-never recall of Kia Souls hopefully will remedy this fire-causing defect, yet one has to wonder why Kias initial reaction was to deny the validity of our petition, particularly as there were dozens of reports of fires involving these vehicles all the way back to last summer.
Not only was he suffering from a severe mental disease or defect, not only did he not know his conduct was wrong, he thought he had to take their lives because he was in danger. so we're shooting pistols here, huh?
Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.
Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ.
The severe defect in his brain made him incapable of distinguishing right from wrong by societal standards.
Translations for defect
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- خللArabic
- дезертирам, повреда, недостатъкBulgarian
- defecteCatalan, Valencian
- porucha, závadaCzech
- überlaufen, Defekt, FehlerGerman
- αποσκιρτώ, ελάττωμα, αυτομολώGreek
- desertar, pasarse, defecto, falla, tachaSpanish
- نقصPersian
- loikata, vikaFinnish
- passer à, défaut, déserterFrench
- cronScottish Gaelic
- פגם, ערקHebrew
- արատArmenian
- membelot, cacatIndonesian
- defezionare, difettoItalian
- 欠点, 欠陥Japanese
- dēscīscōLatin
- overlopenDutch
- wadaPolish
- desertar, trair, defeitoPortuguese
- изменять, недостаток, дефект, дезертироватьRussian
- пребјећи, prebjeći, nedostatak, недостатакSerbo-Croatian
- defektSwedish
- లోపంTelugu
- บกพร่องThai
- khiếm khuyếtVietnamese
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