defect - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• blemish
• defect
• mar

More generic

• appearance
• visual aspect

More specific

• birthmark
• blackhead
• blot
• burn
• burn mark
• chatter mark
• check
• chip
• comedo
• crack
• daub
• dent
• ding
• gouge
• mark
• milium
• mole
• nevus
• nick
• scar
• scrape
• scratch
• slur
• smear
• smirch
• smudge
• spot
• stigma
• verruca
• wart
• whitehead

Noun

a failing or deficiency

Synonyms

• defect
• shortcoming

More generic

• disadvantage

Noun

an imperfection in a bodily system

Synonyms

• defect

More generic

• imperfection
• imperfectness

More specific

• birth defect
• congenital abnormality
• congenital anomaly
• congenital defect
• congenital disorder
• myelatelia

Noun

an imperfection in an object or machine

Synonyms

• defect
• fault
• flaw

More generic

• imperfection
• imperfectness

More specific

• blister
• bug
• glitch
• hole

Verb

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

Synonyms

• defect
• desert

More generic

• flee
• fly
• take flight

More specific

• rat

Related

• dissent
• protest
• resist

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