Thesaurus
fault
Synonyms and Antonyms of fault
to express oneʼs unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
assail, attack, blast, clobber, slam, slash
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
come down hard (on), find fault (with), take to task
fault
Synonyms and Antonyms of fault
1
a defect in character
demerit, dereliction, failing, foible, frailty, shortcoming, sin, vice, want, weakness
feet of clay
2
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
3
responsibility for wrongdoing or failure
blame, culpability, guilt, onus, rap
4
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
blemish, blight, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, excrescency, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scar
5
the state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right
Synonym Discussion of fault
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- a writer of many virtues and few faults
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- being late is a failing of mine
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- human frailties
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- an eccentric's charming foibles
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- compulsive gambling was his vice
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