Thesaurus
fault
Synonyms and Antonyms of fault
- You should look at your own work before faulting what others have done.
assail, attack, blast, clobber, slam, slash
beef, bellyache, carp, cavil, complain, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grouse, growl, grumble, kick, kvetch, moan, murmur, mutter, 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
- the common fault of being quick to judge others
demerit, dereliction, failing, foible, frailty, shortcoming, sin, vice, want, weakness
feet of clay
- There's a fault somewhere in the program.
- Getting the time of the performance wrong was entirely my fault.
blame, culpability, guilt, onus, rap
- The minor faults in the leather are entirely natural and are what gives it a look different from vinyl.
blemish, blight, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scar
- The auto accident was entirely the other driver's fault.
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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