Synonyms and Antonyms of marks
1
a person or thing that is made fun of
- in the wake of the scandal, the disgraced governor became the favorite mark of late-night comedians
2
a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule
- his gullibility and tendency to fall for bluffs made him an easy mark at the poker table
gossips, gossipers, talebearers, tattlers, tattletales, troublemakers
defamers, libelers, libelists, traducers
baiters, hecklers, needlers, ribbers, taunters, teases, teasers, tormentors (also tormenters), torturers
deriders, insulters, mockers, ridiculers, scoffers, scorners
caricaturists, lampooners, parodists, satirists
3
overall quality as seen or judged by people in general
- a brand of crystal that bears the mark of excellence
discredit, disgraces, dishonors, disreputes, ignominies, infamies, obloquies, odiums, opprobriums, reproaches, shames
4
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared
- lately his playing hasn't been up to the mark expected of a concert pianist
bars, barometers, benchmarks, criteria (also criterions), gold standards, grades, measures, metrics, pars, standards, touchstones, yardsticks
cases, examples, instances
averages, norms, rules
acmes, apexes (or apices), meridians, peaks, pinnacles, summits, zeniths
5
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
- set marks for expected daily output
aims, ambitions, aspirations, bournes (also bourns), designs, dreams, ends, goals, ideas, ideals, intents, intentions, meanings, objects, objectives, plans, points, pretensions, purposes, targets, things
6
something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind
- a sensitive expression that is the mark of a poet
affections, attributes, attributions, characters, characteristics, criteria (also criterions), diagnostics, differentiae, features, fingerprints, hallmarks, markers, notes, particularities, peculiarities, points, properties, qualities, specifics, stamps, touches, traits
badges, indications, signs
emblems, symbols, tokens
charms, graces
excellences, merits, virtues
eccentricities, idiosyncrasies, oddities, quirks
individualities, singularities
7
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
- a small mark where the car had scraped a wall
blemishes, blights, blotches, defects, deformities, disfigurements, excrescences, excrescencies, faults, flaws, imperfections, mars, pockmarks, scars
abnormalities, distortions, irregularities, malformations, misshapes
bugs, glitches, kinks
blots, blurs, spots, stains, taints
damages, defacements, impairments, injuries
failings, weaknesses
8
the power to bring about a result on another
- a person of some mark in the field of evolutionary biology
authorities, clouts, prestiges, pulls, weights
commands, dominations, dominions, masteries
consequences, importances, significances
sovereignties (also sovranties), supremacies
