Synonyms of the word

defect

• n. A fault or malfunction.
• n. The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
• n. (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
• v. (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military…
• v. (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
• v. (military) To join the enemy army.
• v. (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.

appearance

• n. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
• n. A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
• n. Personal presence; look; aspect; mien.
• n. Apparent likeness; external show; how something appears to others.
• n. (philosophy, theology) That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed…
• n. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before…
• n. (law) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court…
• n. (medicine) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.

blemish

• n. A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
• n. A moral defect; a character flaw.
• v. To spoil the appearance of.
• v. To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.

desert

• n. (usually in the plural) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward.
• n. A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
• n. (figuratively) Any barren place or situation.
• adj. Abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited; usually of a place.
• v. To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary…
• v. To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.

disadvantage

• n. A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con.
• n. A setback or handicap.
• n. Loss; detriment; hindrance.
• v. (transitive) To place at a disadvantage.

fault

• n. A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
• n. A mistake or error.
• n. A weakness of character; a failing.
• n. A minor offense.
• n. Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
• n. (seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
• n. (mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
• n. (tennis) An illegal serve.
• n. (electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.
• n. (obsolete) want; lack.
• n. (hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
• v. (transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
• v. (intransitive, geology) To fracture.
• v. (intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To undergo a page fault.

flaw

• n. (obsolete) A flake, fragment, or shiver.
• n. (obsolete) A thin cake, as of ice.
• n. A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
• n. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
• n. (law) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.
• v. (transitive) To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
• v. (intransitive) To become imperfect or defective.
• n. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
• n. A storm of short duration.
• n. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.

flee

• v. (intransitive) To run away; to escape.
• v. (transitive) To escape from.
• v. (intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish.

fly

• n. (rural, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
• n. (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless…
• n. (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other…
• n. Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.
• n. (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
• n. (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest…
• n. (obsolete) A witch's familiar.
• n. (obsolete) A parasite.
• n. (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
• v. (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded…
• v. (transitive, intransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
• v. (intransitive) To travel very fast.
• v. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
• v. To hunt with a hawk.
• v. (transitive) To display a flag on a flagpole.
• n. (obsolete) The action of flying; flight.
• n. An act of flying.
• n. (baseball) A fly ball.
• n. (now historical) A type of small, fast carriage (sometimes pluralised flys).
• n. A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
• n. A strip of material hiding the zipper, buttons etc. at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants,…
• n. The free edge of a flag.
• n. The horizontal length of a flag.
• n. Butterfly, a form of swimming.
• n. (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
• n. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
• n. (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
• n. Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of…
• n. A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the…
• n. In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while…
• n. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
• n. (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
• n. (printing, historical) The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
• n. (printing, historical) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the…
• n. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
• n. (cotton manufacture) waste cotton.
• v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground…
• adj. (slang, dated) Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.
• adj. (slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance.
• adj. (slang) Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.

imperfection

• n. (uncountable) Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of…
• n. (countable) Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc.

imperfectness

• n. The state of being imperfect.

mar

• v. To spoil, to damage.
• n. A blemish.
• n. A small lake.

shortcoming

• n. deficiency.