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Synonyms for defect
ˈdi fɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt; dɪˈfɛktde·fect

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 4 votes

  1. 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 Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. defect

    Synonyms:
    shortcoming, omission, fault, imperfection, flaw, blemish, want

    Antonyms:
    supply, sufficiency, emendation, compensation, virtue, ornament, complement

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. defectnoun

    an imperfection in a bodily system

    "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"

    Synonyms:
    shortcoming, mar, fault, blemish, flaw

  2. defect, shortcomingnoun

    a failing or deficiency

    "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"

    Synonyms:
    shortcoming, mar, fault, blemish, flaw

  3. defect, 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, error

  4. blemish, 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, shortcoming

  5. defect, 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"

    Synonyms:
    desert, forsake, desolate, abandon

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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 Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. defectnoun

    Synonyms:
    deficiency

  2. defectnoun

    Synonyms:
    imperfection, blemish, flaw

  3. defectnoun

    Synonyms:
    fault, failing, foible

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. defectnoun

    Synonyms:
    blemish, flaw, imperfection, foible, failing, shortcoming, infirmity

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How to use defect in a sentence?

  1. Jason Levine:

    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.

  2. Eddie Ray Routh:

    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?

  3. Thomas Fuller:

    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.

  4. Clive Staples Lewis:

    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.

  5. Raquel Gur:

    The severe defect in his brain made him incapable of distinguishing right from wrong by societal standards.


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