Synonyms for defect
ˈdi fɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt; dɪˈfɛktde·fect

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1. defect

   Whatever mars the beauty or completeness of an object is a blemish, whether original, as squinting eyes, or the result of accident or disease, etc., as the pits of smallpox. A blemish is superficial; a flaw or taint is in structure or substance. In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character. A defect is the want or lack of something; fault, primarily a failing, is something that fails of an apparent intent or disappoints a natural expectation; thus a sudden dislocation or displacement of geological strata is called a fault. Figuratively, a blemish comes from one's own ill-doing; a brand or stigma is inflicted by others; as, the brand of infamy.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, blot, blur, brand, crack, daub, defacement, deformity, dent, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, fault, flaw, imperfection, injury, reproach, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish

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1. defect

   Synonyms:
   shortcoming, omission, fault, imperfection, flaw, blemish, want

   Antonyms:
   supply, sufficiency, emendation, compensation, virtue, ornament, complement

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. defectnoun

   an imperfection in a bodily system

   "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"

   Synonyms:
   shortcoming, mar, fault, blemish, flaw

2. defect, shortcomingnoun

   a failing or deficiency

   "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"

   Synonyms:
   shortcoming, mar, fault, blemish, flaw

3. defect, fault, flawnoun

   an imperfection in an object or machine

   "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"

   Synonyms:
   blemish, mar, shift, faulting, mistake, fault, demerit, shortcoming, break, flaw, fracture, geological fault, error

4. blemish, defect, marverb

   a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

   "a facial blemish"

   Synonyms:
   blemish, mar, flaw, fault, shortcoming

5. defect, desertverb

   desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

   "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"

   Synonyms:
   desert, forsake, desolate, abandon

Matched Categories

1. • Disadvantage
   • Flee
   • Imperfection

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1. gremlin

   a gremlin is an aircraft term for some mysterious kink in the proper workings of onboard systems, a systems "manufacturer's defect" or danger point

   the ailerons deployed opposite one another causing a near fatal spin

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

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1. defectnoun

   Synonyms:
   deficiency

2. defectnoun

   Synonyms:
   imperfection, blemish, flaw

3. defectnoun

   Synonyms:
   fault, failing, foible

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1. defectnoun

   Synonyms:
   blemish, flaw, imperfection, foible, failing, shortcoming, infirmity

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1. List of paraphrases for "defect":

   default, irregularity, flaw, anomaly, defects, failure, shortcoming, vice, deficiency, abnormality, fault, absence, necrosis, malformation, lack, malfunction, impropriety

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How to use defect in a sentence?

1. Dallas County judge:

   That means if your child's in a car wreck, if your child has a congenital heart defect or something and needs an ICU bed, or more likely if they have Covid and need an ICU bed, we don't have one. Your child will wait for another child to die, your child will just not get on the ventilator, your child will be CareFlighted to Temple or Oklahoma City or wherever we can find them a bed, but they won't be getting one here unless one clears.

2. Rick Santorum:

   We aresitting there going over thisone spot on the sonogram, he drops the wand andsays 'I have to get the doctor, the doctor comes in and helooks at me, and this is as cold asI can ever remember, he says, 'yourson has a fatal defect and he’sgoing to die.’.

3. Michael Dougherty:

   Competency is different than insanity, or a mental health defect. So, we're not talking about what he did on March 22nd. We're talking about whether he is competent to stand trial right now.

4. Raquel Gur:

   The severe defect in his brain made him incapable of distinguishing right from wrong by societal standards.

5. Moses:

   YOU SHALL not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or sheep with a blemish or any defect whatsoever, for that is an abomination to the Lord your God.