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disadvantages

noun , plural of disadvantage

Synonyms and Antonyms of disadvantages

1 a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success
  • their lack of height was a disadvantage on the basketball court
Synonyms of disadvantages

debits, disbenefits, downsides, drawbacks, handicaps, incommodities, liabilities, minuses, negatives, strikes
Words Related to disadvantages

albatross (or albatrosses), millstones, strangleholds

disabilities, impairments

failings, shortcomings

bars, catches, checks, clogs, crimps, embarrassments, hindrances, hitches, hurdles, impediments, interferences, lets, manacles, obstacles, obstructions, rubs, shackles, stops, trammels
Near Antonyms of disadvantages

vantages

head starts, jumps, leads, margins, starts

ascendancies (also ascendencies), betters, commands, controls, drops, masteries, predominances, superiorities, supremacies, transcendences, upper hands

prerogatives, privileges

breaks, opportunities

aids, assistances, help
Antonyms of disadvantages

advantages, assets, edges, pluses (also plusses)
2 the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success
  • intense pretrial publicity worked to our disadvantage
Synonyms of disadvantages

despites, detriments, disfavors, penalties
Words Related to disadvantages

deficits, deprivations, expenses, losses

damages, harms, hurts, injuries

prejudices
Near Antonyms of disadvantages

gains
Antonyms of disadvantages

advantages, favors

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