Definition for Foible:

• Weak point, weakness of character, quality on which one mistakenly prides oneself; ( Fenc.) part of sword-blade from middle to point. [ French]

Synonyms for Foible:

• n.

  •Achilles heel (noun)
  • heel achilles,
  • weak links,
  • chink the armor,
  • achilles-heel,
  • damaging weaknesses,
  • tender spots.
  •
  • predisposition,
  • alter ego,
  • incarnation.
  •
  • better,
  • weakness,
  • shortcoming,
  • help.
  •artifact (noun)
  • foible.
  •attribute (noun)
  • idiosyncrasy.
  •chink in one's armor (noun)
  • under bellies,
  • under-belly,
  • chink ones armor,
  • chink armor,
  • chink in ones armor,
  • chink in one armor,
  • chink one armor,
  • vulnerable places,
  • weak sides,
  • chink-armor,
  • under belly,
  • chink one's armor,
  • under-bellies.
  •defect (noun)
  • mis-takes,
  • rough spots,
  • in jury,
  • un soundnesses,
  • mis take,
  • un soundness,
  • mis takes,
  • un-soundness,
  • in-jury,
  • un-soundnesses,
  • dis-coloration,
  • dis coloration,
  • mis-take,
  • dis-colorations,
  • marrings,
  • dis colorations,
  • in juries.
  •eccentricity (noun)
  • un-conventionality,
  • un orthodoxness,
  • unorthodoxnesses,
  • non conformity,
  • un orthodoxnesses,
  • non-conformities,
  • non conformities,
  • Idiocrasies,
  • waywardnesses,
  • un conventionalities,
  • hereticisms,
  • un-orthodoxness,
  • weirdnesses,
  • un-conventionalities,
  • oddnesses,
  • un-orthodoxnesses,
  • capriciousnesses,
  • queernesses,
  • unconventionalities,
  • un conventionality,
  • whimsicalnesses,
  • outlandishnesses,
  • freakishnesses.
  •failing (noun)
  • failings.
  •fault (noun)
  • mis-conducts,
  • evil doings,
  • mis demeanor,
  • in-discretion,
  • over sights,
  • over-sight,
  • mis-deed,
  • mis deed,
  • mis-conduct,
  • in-accuracy,
  • over-sights,
  • over sight,
  • mis demeanors,
  • loss innocence,
  • slip ups,
  • in discretion,
  • mis-demeanor,
  • mis conduct,
  • mis-deeds,
  • mis cue,
  • in-accuracies,
  • mis-demeanors,
  • in-discretions,
  • mis-cues,
  • mis deeds,
  • in accuracy,
  • in discretions,
  • mis conducts,
  • answerabilities,
  • mis-cue,
  • in accuracies,
  • mis cues.
  •flaw (noun)
  • catch22,
  • catch-22's,
  • catch 22,
  • catch 22's,
  • catch22's.
  •frailty (noun)
  • suscepts,
  • daintinesses,
  • peccabilities.
  •peculiarity (noun)
  • un-usualness,
  • bizarrenesses,
  • unusualnesses,
  • un-usualnesses,
  • schticks,
  • un usualness,
  • odd traits,
  • un usualnesses.
  •personal imperfection (noun)
  • vice,
  • characteristic,
  • oddity.
  •twist (noun)
  • sur prises,
  • re velation,
  • sur-prises,
  • sur-prise,
  • re-velation,
  • re-velations,
  • re velations,
  • sur prise.
  •weakness (noun)
  • study at fault.
  •weak point (noun)
  • weak-point,
  • in decision,
  • in-decisions,
  • in-constancy,
  • in validity,
  • sore points,
  • in-decision,
  • in stability,
  • in validities,
  • in-validities,
  • in-validity,
  • in-constancies,
  • in constancies,
  • vitiations,
  • faintnesses,
  • in constancy,
  • in decisions,
  • in-stability,
  • in-stabilities.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tendency,
  • endowment,
  • weak point,
  • trait,
  • propensity,
  • quality,
  • persona,
  • streak.
  •
  • surface.
  •
  • strain,
  • sensitivity.
  •
  • side.

Antonyms for Foible:

• n.

  • personal imperfection
    strong point, strength, advantage, normality, usualness.
  • Other antonyms:
    probity, merit, perfection, morality, excellence, rectitude, righteousness, goodness, virtue, integrity.

Foible Sentence Examples:

• He meant this for a sarcastic thrust at a prevailing foible of the profession.

• And yet, whether each part would not except their own foible from this public sacrifice, the squire his bottle, the lady her lace?

Holonyms for Foible:

• n.

  • artifact
    blade, sword, steel, brand.

Hyponym for Foible:

• n.

  • artifact
    portion, part.
  • attribute
    specialness, speciality, distinctiveness, peculiarity, specialty.