What is another word for flaw?
951 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ flˈɔː], [ flˈɔː], [ f_l_ˈɔː]
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Similar words for flaw:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- Achilles heel (noun)
- abnormality (noun)
- blemish (noun)
- bug (noun)
- crack up (noun)
- defect (noun)
- deficiency (noun)
- deformity (noun)
- difficulty, trouble (noun)
- disadvantage(s) (noun)
- disfigurement (noun)
- downside (noun)
- drawback (noun)
- error (noun)
- failing (noun)
- fallacy (noun)
- fault (noun)
- feet of clay (noun)
- flaw (noun)
- flimsiness (noun)
- flurry (noun)
- impediment (noun)
- inadequacy (noun)
- irregularity (noun)
- jaggedness (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- rent (noun)
- shortfall (noun)
- spot (noun)
- taint (noun)
- undoing (noun)
- unevenness (noun)
- unnaturalness (noun)
- weakness (noun)
- weak point (noun)
- wrongness (noun)
- blemish (verb)
- deform (verb)
- misshape (verb)
- scar (verb)
- other synonyms
- deform
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Flaw:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
• Achilles heel (noun) • abnormality (noun)- deviation,
- Anomalism,
- oddity,
- deformity,
- eccentricity,
- aberrancy,
- exception,
- aberration,
- deviance,
- singularity,
- peculiarity,
- deviancy,
- anomaly.
- eyesore,
- blotch,
- brand,
- abrasion,
- sore,
- spoilage,
- defacement,
- lesion,
- imperfection,
- wart,
- weal,
- impurity,
- stigma,
- discoloration,
- disfigurement.
- mistake,
- seam,
- second,
- Marring,
- sin,
- hole,
- shortage,
- catch,
- patch,
- gap,
- birthmark,
- want,
- scarcity,
- unsoundness,
- break,
- frailty,
- injury,
- weak point,
- study at defect,
- lack,
- glitch.
- demerit,
- neglect,
- loss,
- default,
- dearth,
- deficit,
- insufficiency,
- paucity,
- need,
- privation,
- dereliction,
- absence.
- burden,
- hindrance,
- restraint,
- objection,
- detriment,
- obstacle,
- nuisance,
- liability,
- stumbling block,
- snag,
- bar,
- blocking,
- handicap,
- disability,
- hamper,
- adverse circumstance,
- imposition,
- hardship,
- deprivation,
- inconvenience.
- difficulty,
- evil,
- ill.
- misdeed,
- Misbelief,
- X,
- Misjudgment,
- miscue,
- lapse,
- inaccuracy,
- bad job,
- miscalculation,
- screamer,
- oversight,
- wrongdoing,
- blunder,
- slight,
- misconception,
- slip,
- boner,
- stumble,
- omission,
- offense,
- falsehood,
- misprint,
- gaffe,
- untruth,
- falsity,
- screw-up,
- fall,
- mismanagement,
- delusion,
- distortion,
- transgression,
- absurdity,
- misestimation,
- typo,
- miss,
- trespass,
- misconstruction,
- delinquency.
- in-exactness,
- in validities,
- misconstruals,
- faultinesses,
- in-consistencies,
- in validity,
- mis interpretation,
- pre-conception,
- non sequiturs,
- pre conceptions,
- in consistencies,
- in-validities,
- quibblings,
- in exactness,
- deceptivenesses,
- pre-conceptions,
- mis interpretations,
- in consistency,
- mis-interpretation,
- in-consistency,
- in-exactnesses,
- inexactnesses,
- in exactnesses,
- pre conception,
- in-validity,
- mis-interpretations.
- slip ups,
- in discretions,
- mis conduct,
- in-discretions,
- mis-demeanors,
- mis demeanor,
- mis-conduct,
- answerabilities,
- mis-conducts,
- mis-demeanor,
- in-discretion,
- mis conducts,
- mis demeanors,
- evil doings,
- in discretion,
- loss innocence.
- shoddinesses,
- un substantiality,
- in-substantiality,
- in-substantialities,
- un-substantiality,
- un-substantialities,
- un substantialities,
- in substantiality,
- in substantialities.
- de lays,
- catch 22's,
- catch-22's,
- catch 22,
- re striction,
- re strictions,
- catch22,
- dead weights,
- de-lay,
- re-strictions,
- retardments,
- de-lays,
- re-striction,
- catch22's,
- de lay.
- in-effectivenesses,
- in efficacies,
- un suitablenesses,
- in-effectualness,
- in adequacy,
- incompletenesses,
- in adequacies,
- in completeness,
- defectivenesses,
- in effectivenesses,
- in-aptnesses,
- in-completenesses,
- in adequatenesses,
- in-adequatenesses,
- in efficacy,
- un fitnesses,
- un fitness,
- un-fitnesses,
- in aptness,
- in-aptness,
- in-completeness,
- in effectiveness,
- in-competences,
- in-competencies,
- in-effectualnesses,
- in-adequacy,
- un-fitness,
- un-suitableness,
- in-efficiencies,
- skimpinesses,
- in effectualness,
- in capacities,
- in-competence,
- in efficiency,
- in completenesses,
- in-adequateness,
- in competency,
- in competence,
- inadequatenesses,
- in competences,
- inaptnesses,
- in efficiencies,
- in-capacities,
- in effectualnesses,
- in competencies,
- in-efficacies,
- in adequateness,
- un-suitablenesses,
- in-capacity,
- in-effectiveness,
- in-efficiency,
- in-efficacy,
- un suitableness,
- in capacity,
- in-adequacies,
- in aptnesses,
- in-competency.
- non sequitur,
- abnormality,
- irregularity,
- tatters,
- rent,
- scantiness,
- cicatrice,
- speciousness,
- red ink,
- slip-ups,
- atypicalness,
- uncommonness,
- shortcoming,
- shortfall,
- inhibition,
- little bit,
- infirmity,
- malfunction,
- pother,
- taint,
- kink,
- inadequateness,
- inadequacy,
- inefficiencies,
- incompleteness,
- fly in the ointment,
- weirdness,
- impediment,
- Oddities,
- elusion,
- deceptiveness,
- retardation,
- haste,
- deficiency,
- bizarreness,
- bug,
- Cicatrices,
- evil doing,
- invalidities,
- shoddiness,
- fault,
- Insufficience,
- defalcations,
- unusualness,
- prohibitions,
- tatter,
- to do,
- extraordinariness,
- weakness,
- error,
- defalcation,
- invalidity,
- inability to hack it,
- drawback,
- millstone,
- failing,
- cicatrix,
- spot,
- inaptness,
- defectiveness,
- defect,
- scar,
- incompetency,
- answerability,
- over turn,
- rift,
- inutilities,
- inutility,
- road block,
- unsubstantiality,
- unnaturalness,
- knot,
- Flyspeck,
- Discommodity,
- dead weight,
- deformation,
- weak link,
- in the hole,
- Retardment,
- strangeness,
- downside,
- gust,
- scab,
- slip-up,
- computer malfunction,
- deformations,
- discommodities,
- loss of innocence,
- chink in the armor,
- RIMAS,
- unsuitableness,
- inefficacy,
- rough spot,
- faultiness,
- tender spot,
- rima,
- flurry,
- undoing,
- flyspecks,
- elusions,
- character flaw,
- flaw,
- skimpiness,
- mote,
- spuriousness,
- misconstrual,
- damaging weakness,
- speck,
- minuses,
- feet of clay,
- Preternaturalness,
- slip up,
- adverse circumstances,
- something wrong,
- whirlwinds,
- inexactness,
- fallacy,
- minus,
- TODO,
- scabs.
- mis chances,
- de feats,
- mis adventures,
- over throws,
- sub-versions,
- de stroyers,
- re-verse,
- un doing,
- over-throws,
- mis chance,
- re-versal,
- de stroyer,
- mis-adventure,
- mis-adventures,
- re versal,
- de-feats,
- over-turn,
- bad omens,
- un-doing,
- sub version,
- un-doings,
- de-stroyer,
- over-throw,
- un doings,
- de feat,
- mis adventure,
- sub versions,
- de-stroyers,
- over turns,
- over throw,
- de-feat,
- sub-version,
- bad omen,
- re verse.
v.
• blemish (verb)- fracture,
- gash,
- chip,
- scrape,
- discolor,
- disfigure,
- blister,
- damage,
- scuff,
- fleck,
- dot,
- slit,
- mark,
- pockmark,
- hurt,
- scratch,
- stain,
- hack,
- score,
- blot,
- mole,
- abrade,
- notch,
- mar,
- deface,
- nick,
- tarnish,
- spoil,
- freckle,
- distort,
- blemish,
- splotch,
- check.
- malform,
- cripple,
- mangle,
- grimace,
- Misshape,
- ruin,
- twist,
- batter,
- warp,
- wince,
- gnarl,
- mutilate,
- skew,
- buckle,
- contort,
- maim.
Other synonyms:
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- mishap,
- bungle,
- indiscretion,
- overestimate,
- foul up,
- endowment,
- tendency,
- goof up,
- quality,
- misapprehension,
- streak,
- cock up,
- misinterpretation,
- misstep,
- snafu,
- faux pas,
- quirk,
- affectation,
- mistaken identity,
- trait,
- pratfall,
- foible,
- propensity,
- false move,
- blooper,
- howler,
- underside,
- Freudian Slip,
- persona,
- muddle,
- erratum,
- Disserve,
- Achilles' Heel,
- spoonerism.
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•
- solecism,
- surface,
- discrepancy,
- goof,
- underestimate,
- confusion,
- misunderstanding,
- bobble,
- boo-boo,
- mix up,
- boob.
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•
- strain,
- impair,
- cloud,
- limitation,
- vitiate,
- injure,
- sensitivity.
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•
- fluff.
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•
- trap.
- idea,
- theory,
- Graith,
- Furnishment,
- health,
- furnishings,
- fixing,
- mis-shapen,
- furniture,
- person,
- package,
- temper,
- deform,
- plan,
- gadgetry,
- plant,
- Appointments,
- requisite,
- outfit,
- object,
- facility,
- machine,
- fitting,
- technique,
- fail,
- fitting out,
- equipment,
- inventory,
- document,
- equipage,
- rig,
- character,
- instrumentation,
- tackle,
- mood,
- stock-in-trade,
- hardware,
- device.
- craze,
- whitehead,
- crevice,
- hamartia,
- misapplication,
- around,
- mesh,
- blackhead,
- port-wine mark,
- almost,
- malicious,
- blind spot,
- wicked,
- incision,
- inaccurate,
- enfeeblement,
- reduction,
- solution of continuity,
- strawberry mark,
- falseness,
- blur,
- mix-up,
- slot,
- geological fault,
- discontinuity,
- vulnerable place,
- achilles heel,
- interruption,
- hemangioma,
- confuse,
- excrescence,
- perforation,
- prejudice,
- crotchet,
- Botchery,
- dishonour,
- half blood,
- Coulee,
- perish,
- brilliant,
- deformed,
- set back,
- hang-up,
- cleuch,
- port-wine stain,
- valley,
- dishonor,
- gape,
- fallibility,
- heterodoxy,
- verruca,
- intermission,
- tincture,
- mostly,
- vulnerability,
- besmirch,
- excavation,
- track,
- cleft,
- box canyon,
- anacoluthon,
- susceptibility,
- Excrescency,
- pimple,
- literal,
- loophole,
- milium,
- defile,
- col,
- reproach,
- diminution,
- weaken,
- undo,
- flimsiness,
- Faulting,
- crater,
- violate,
- impairment,
- pustule,
- ditch,
- lessening,
- aperture,
- opening,
- crevasse,
- joint,
- weakening,
- bar sinister,
- trench,
- Impressionability,
- wen,
- faute,
- deficient,
- harm,
- erroneousness,
- interstice,
- ravine,
- gully,
- inappropriate,
- leak,
- limit,
- illusion,
- disgrace,
- incorrect,
- give way,
- cavity,
- sully,
- pit,
- interval,
- ha-ha,
- misbehavior,
- canyon,
- cruel,
- cicatrize,
- unorthodoxy,
- adactylism,
- chink,
- obstruction,
- breach,
- fissure,
- patchwork,
- stigmatize,
- gulf,
- weak side,
- daub,
- sty,
- errancy,
- wrong,
- misfeasance,
- most,
- bad,
- broken thread,
- donga,
- approximately,
- untruthfulness,
- rupture,
- detract from,
- typographical error,
- bad case,
- virtually,
- just,
- rip,
- incongruity,
- parenthesis,
- abysm,
- peccadillo,
- separation,
- false,
- hurdle,
- scarify,
- literally,
- sebaceous cyst,
- brutal,
- heresy,
- chimney,
- flawless,
- dell,
- slur,
- draw,
- hickey,
- drinking straw,
- preoccupation,
- faulty,
- cwm,
- depraved,
- rhapsody,
- inadequate,
- defection,
- flume,
- inconsistency,
- scud,
- tinge,
- misconduct,
- pock,
- blow,
- Endamage,
- bloomer,
- idiosyncrasy,
- malpractice,
- abyss,
- lacuna,
- void,
- Couloir,
- chap,
- venomous,
- suggestibility,
- spinelessness,
- shift,
- deterioration,
- rime,
- smear,
- very,
- caesura,
- blight,
- haplography,
- nullah,
- bleb,
- besetting sin,
- untrueness,
- decrease,
- worsening,
- bright,
- foul-up,
- periodicity,
- delictum,
- dike,
- split,
- cut,
- straw hat,
- wadi,
- lapsus linguae,
- corrigendum,
- Peccancy,
- hiatus,
- black mark,
- Kloof,
- clanger,
- Clough,
- cleavage,
- gouge,
- drop out,
- groove,
- undermining,
- intimately,
- roughly,
- comedo,
- smirch,
- cranny,
- chasm,
- episode,
- sinfulness,
- furrow,
- indentation,
- clerical error,
- pass,
- gorge,
- short coming,
- tear,
- creek,
- defective,
- alternation,
- mottle,
- explode,
- discredit,
- capital crime,
- blast,
- wale,
- puncture,
- arroyo,
- lentigo,
- bad habit,
- debilitation,
- disfiguration,
- bulla,
- soil,
- keloid,
- jumble,
- gulch,
- nevus,
- trick,
- vitiation,
- Interspace,
- Misdoing,
- passage,
- vesicle,
- complication,
- practically,
- scissure,
- moat,
- bad break,
- erroneous,
- trip,
- anachronism,
- Self-contradiction,
- improper,
- attainder,
- welt,
- human error,
- interregnum,
- disjunction,
- dent,
- bull,
- vicious.
How to use "Flaw" in context?
The word "flaw" is derived from the French word "flau," meaning "to flaw." It first appeared in English in the early 1600s. The word "flaw" is used to describe a mistake or shortcoming in something. A flaw can be a physical flaw, such as a crack in a windowpane, or a mental flaw, such as not being able to think on your feet.
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
weakness.
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Noun, singular or mass
abnormality, absence, anomaly, blemish, blunder, breakdown, deficit, disadvantage, drawback, error, failing, fault, gash, glitch, imbalance, impairment, imperfection, impropriety, inadequacy, inconsistency, insufficiency, irregularity, lack, lacuna, loophole, malfunction, miscalculation, mistake, omission, problem, rift, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, Lacunae.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Flaw:
- flaugh.
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Hyponym for Flaw:
n.
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imperfection, failing, imperfectness, weakness.
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damage.
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