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fault

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fault

to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of

you should look at your own work before faulting what others have done

Synonyms of fault

blame, censure, condemn, criticize, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], dispraise, knock, pan, reprehend, slag [chiefly British]

Words Related to fault

assail, attack, blast, clobber, slam, slash

nick (at), snipe (at)

beef, bellyache, bitch, carp, cavil, complain, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grouse, growl, grumble, kick, kvetch, moan, murmur, mutter, niggle, quibble, whine

admonish, chide, drub, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove

berate, castigate, crucify, excoriate, flay, gibbet, hammer, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), lash, pillory, scold, upbraid

bad-mouth, belittle, decry, deride, discommend, disparage, put down

Phrases Synonymous with fault

come down hard (on), find fault (with), take to task

Near Antonyms of fault

approve, commend, endorse (also indorse), recommend, sanction

Antonyms of fault

extol (also extoll), laud, praise

fault

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fault

1 a defect in character

the common fault of being quick to judge others

Synonyms of fault

demerit, dereliction, failing, foible, frailty, shortcoming, sin, vice, want, weakness

Words Related to fault

blot, spot, stain

blemish, deficiency, flaw, imperfection, minus, nit

Achilles' heel, soft spot

corruption, depravity, evil, immorality, sinfulness, wickedness

Phrases Synonymous with fault

Near Antonyms of fault

excellence, perfection

goodness, integrity, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness

Antonyms of fault

2 an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy

there's a fault somewhere in the program

Synonyms of fault

blunder, bobble, boo-boo, boob [British], brick, clanger [British], clinker, error, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip

Words Related to fault

bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfall

misapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, miscue, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding

Near Antonyms of fault

accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictness

inerrancy, infallibility, perfection

3 responsibility for wrongdoing or failure

getting the time of the performance wrong was entirely my fault

Synonyms of fault

blame, culpability, guilt, onus, rap

Words Related to fault

blameworthiness, complicity, guiltiness, sinfulness

accusation, censure, condemnation, denunciation, finger-pointing, reproach

regret, remorse, self-reproach, shame

Antonyms of fault

blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, innocence

4 something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing

the minor faults in the leather are entirely natural and are what gives it a look different from vinyl

Synonyms of fault

blemish, blight, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, excrescency, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scar

Words Related to fault

abnormality, distortion, irregularity, malformation, misshape

bug, glitch, kink

blot, blur, spot, stain, taint

damage, defacement, impairment, injury

failing, weakness

Near Antonyms of fault

adornment, decoration, embellishment, enhancement, ornament

5 the state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right

the investigator determined that the auto accident was entirely the other driver's fault

Synonyms of fault

blame, liability, responsibility

Words Related to fault

accountability, answerability

Synonym Discussion of fault

fault, failing, frailty, foible, vice mean an imperfection or weakness of character. fault implies a failure, not necessarily culpable, to reach some standard of perfection in disposition, action, or habit.

- a writer of many virtues and few faults

failing suggests a minor shortcoming in character.

- being late is a failing of mine

frailty implies a general or chronic proneness to yield to temptation.

- human frailties

foible applies to a harmless or endearing weakness or idiosyncrasy.

- an eccentric's charming foibles

vice can be a general term for any imperfection or weakness, but it often suggests violation of a moral code or the giving of offense to the moral sensibilities of others.

- compulsive gambling was his vice

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