Words Like DEFECT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DEFECT.

36 Alternative Words Similar to defect

1 Fault Noun      Synonym Words Like Fault
2 Blemish Noun      Synonym Words Like Blemish
3 Mar Noun      Synonym Words Like Mar
4 Appearance Noun      Synonym Words Like Appearance
5 Disadvantage Noun      Synonym Words Like Disadvantage
6 Flee Verb      Synonym Words Like Flee
7 Fly Verb      Synonym Words Like Fly
8 Failing Noun      Synonym Words Like Failing
9 Fail Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Fail
10 Injure Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Injure
11 Damage Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Damage
12 Myelatelia Noun      Hyponym
13 Blot Noun      Hyponym Words Like Blot
14 Scar Noun      Hyponym Words Like Scar
15 Wart Noun      Hyponym Words Like Wart
16 Spot Noun      Hyponym Words Like Spot
17 Whitehead Noun      Hyponym
18 Smear Noun      Hyponym Words Like Smear
19 Smirch Noun      Hyponym Words Like Smirch
20 Verruca Noun      Hyponym
21 Comedo Noun      Hyponym
22 Smudge Noun      Hyponym Words Like Smudge
23 Dent Noun      Hyponym Words Like Dent
24 Scratch Noun      Hyponym Words Like Scratch
25 Chip Noun      Hyponym Words Like Chip
26 Stigma Noun      Hyponym Words Like Stigma
27 Check Noun      Hyponym Words Like Check
28 Crack Noun      Hyponym Words Like Crack
29 Slur Noun      Hyponym Words Like Slur
30 Mark Noun      Hyponym Words Like Mark
31 Milium Noun      Hyponym
32 Daub Noun      Hyponym Words Like Daub
33 Nick Noun      Hyponym Words Like Nick
34 Scrape Noun      Hyponym Words Like Scrape
35 Burn Noun      Hyponym Words Like Burn
36 Blackhead Noun      Hyponym

3 examples of defect

1 a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.
2 this device permits detection of defects in the lungs
3 if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer

10 definitions of defect

1 Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.
2 Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish
3 To fail; to become deficient.
4 to abandon one country or faction, and join another.
5 To injure; to damage.
6 desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
7 an imperfection in a bodily system
8 an imperfection in an object or machine
9 a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
10 a failing or deficiency
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