Synonyms for flaw
flɔflaw

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1. flaw

   Whatever mars the beauty or completeness of an object is a blemish, whether original, as squinting eyes, or the result of accident or disease, etc., as the pits of smallpox. A blemish is superficial; a flaw or taint is in structure or substance. In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character. A defect is the want or lack of something; fault, primarily a failing, is something that fails of an apparent intent or disappoints a natural expectation; thus a sudden dislocation or displacement of geological strata is called a fault. Figuratively, a blemish comes from one's own ill-doing; a brand or stigma is inflicted by others; as, the brand of infamy.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, blot, blur, brand, crack, daub, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, fault, imperfection, injury, reproach, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish

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1. defect, fault, flawnoun

   an imperfection in an object or machine

   "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"

   Synonyms:
   blemish, mar, shift, faulting, mistake, defect, fault, demerit, shortcoming, break, fracture, geological fault, error

2. flawnoun

   defect or weakness in a person's character

   "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless"

   Synonyms:
   fault, defect

3. flawverb

   an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness

   Synonyms:
   fault, defect

4. flaw, blemishverb

   add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

   Synonyms:
   disfigure, blemish, spot, deface

Matched Categories

1. • Damage
   • Failing

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. flawnoun

   Synonyms:
   break, crack, breach, cleft, fissure, rift, fracture, rent

2. flawnoun

   Synonyms:
   blemish, spot, speck, fault, defect, imperfection

3. flawnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) gust of wind

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1. flawnoun

   Synonyms:
   defect, fault, blemish, imperfection

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "flaw":

   defect, shortcoming, imperfection, deficiency, fault, mistake, weakness, default, error, irregularity, failure, vice, gap, loophole

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How to use flaw in a sentence?

1. Anthony Bourdain:

   Something was missing in me, whether it was a self-image situation, whether it was a character flaw... some dark genie inside me -- that I very much hesitate to call a disease -- that led me to dope.

2. Heidi Montag:

   I was way too young to make such a life-changing decision and was under so much pressure because it was the beginning of comment sections and negativity and hate on the internet, i was just really self-involved at the time — like so many young people — but I was also on TV, where every perceived flaw is amplified. I think I looked in the mirror a little too much. I wish I had waited and not made a decision so young because I have long-term health complications.

3. Judge Robert Sweet:

   Finally, the fundamental flaw, which will ultimately destroy this prohibition as it did the last one, is that criminal sanctions cannot, and should not attempt to, prohibit personal conduct which does no harm to others.

4. Kurt Vonnegut, "Cold Turkey", In These Times, May 10, 2004:

   There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

5. Szabolcs Marka:

   A physicist is always looking for a flaw in a theory. And the only way to find a flaw is to test it, einstein's theory did not present any flaws to us yet, and that is really scary. Physicists are very (skeptical) of flawless theories because then we have nothing to do.