Fault - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

Synonyms

• error
• fault
• mistake

More generic

• nonaccomplishment
• nonachievement

More specific

• balls-up
• ballup
• betise
• bloomer
• blooper
• blot
• blunder
• boner
• boo-boo
• botch
• bungle
• cockup
• confusion
• distortion
• flub
• folly
• foolishness
• foul-up
• fuckup
• imbecility
• incursion
• lapse
• mess-up
• miscalculation
• miscue
• misestimation
• misreckoning
• mix-up
• offside
• omission
• oversight
• parapraxis
• pratfall
• renege
• revoke
• skip
• slip
• slip-up
• smear
• smirch
• spot
• stain
• stupidity

Noun

(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)

Synonyms

• fault

More generic

• serve
• service

More specific

• double fault
• footfault

Noun

responsibility for a bad situation or event

Synonyms

• fault

More generic

• responsibility
• responsibleness

Noun

the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection

Synonyms

• demerit
• fault

More generic

• worth

Noun

(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)

Synonyms

• fault

More generic

• breakdown
• equipment failure

Noun

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

Synonyms

• break
• fault
• faulting
• fracture
• geological fault
• shift

More generic

• cleft
• crack
• crevice
• fissure
• scissure

More specific

• inclined fault
• strike-slip fault

Related

• fault line

Noun

an imperfection in an object or machine

Synonyms

• defect
• fault
• flaw

More generic

• imperfection
• imperfectness

More specific

• blister
• bug
• glitch
• hole

Verb

put or pin the blame on

Synonyms

• blame
• fault

More generic

• accuse
• charge

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