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Synonyms for drawback
ˈdrɔˌbæk
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Princeton's WordNet
drawback(noun)
the quality of being a hindrance
"he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
drawback(n.)
Synonyms:
disadvantage, detriment, injury, damage, faultiness, imperfection, deficiencydrawback(n.)
Synonyms:
discount, allowance, deduction, reduction, rebate, abatement
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
drawback(n)
Synonyms:
disadvantage, hindrance, defect, imperfection, rebate, deduction, discount
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "drawback":
disadvantage, drawbacks, inconvenience, downside, shortcoming, cla, handicap
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#12951 | handicap | |
#14785 | inconvenience | |
#15341 | disadvantage | |
#21710 | cla | |
#22686 | downside | |
#25718 | drawback | |
#26770 | drawbacks | |
#55818 | shortcoming |
How to use drawback in a sentence?
I didn't want to have a long name, Russell Estates or something. I didn't think trying to slap a name on a bottle that people might recognize was not only, to me, not necessarily a good thing, I thought it was a drawback, gogi is an old nickname of mine, so the brand is GoGi.
Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
It’s a fantastic moisturizer, the only drawback is the smell.
The drawback to this gambit for Erdogan is that if the AK Party ends up losing votes, we may start to see more open dissatisfaction about his influence.
Glen Cook, Sweet Silver Blues:
Mornings are wonderful! The only drawback is that they come at such an inconvenient time of day!
Translations for drawback
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- пречка, затруднениеBulgarian
- nevýhoda, záporCzech
- NachteilGerman
- devolución de los impuestos de importación a los exportadores, desventaja, drawbackSpanish
- huono puoli, varjopuoli, palautus, haittapuoli, haittaFinnish
- désavantage, drawback, inconvénientFrench
- hátrányHungarian
- svantaggioItalian
- 欠点Japanese
- ulempeNorwegian
- wadaPolish
- desvantagemPortuguese
- недостаток, изъянRussian
- nackdel, baksidaSwedish
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