VICES Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

vices

noun

plural of vice

as in weaknesses

a defect in character curiosity in children is not a vice, but something to be encouraged

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as in prostitutions

the practice of engaging in sexual activities for money a seedy section of the city where vice is rampant and very much out in the open

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Recent Examples of vices The latter track takes overt inspiration from Sofia Coppola’s 2006 film Marie Antoinette, as Jepsen beckons her love to engage in life’s vices with her, like marring bedsheets with fruit stains and dashing nude through the garden. — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026 Holden eagerly rebels against Pencey Prep, gets the boot, and flees to New York City, a place with its own vices and hazards, but without the sort of propaganda and pretense that obscure the school’s dark underside. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026 The long-standing problem is that Skid Row is both a social service center and a mecca of drugs and other vices, with traps on every block. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 To many critics, that sounds like a high-tech form of lowbrow gambling, a new way to bring the vices of Vegas right to your phone. — Max Raskin, Washington Post, 28 June 2026 Table 1 provides descriptors of the deficient, virtuous, and excess vices of Integrity. — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 The league’s complaint against Texas Tech spends considerable energy preaching about the vices of college athletes betting on sports. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 June 2026 The therapist conceals her own malignant vices behind smiles and warmth, and the two share secrets that neither is prepared for. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 May 2026 The world will always offer us vices and some will have trouble staying away. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026

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However, board members also identified weaknesses, including the district’s longstanding problem with decaying school buildings.

— Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026
Google DeepMind researchers have used AI agents to discover cryptographic techniques that expose weaknesses in legacy RSA encryption up to 1,600 times faster than previous methods.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026