fault

The word “fault” has 1 syllable: fault

It's pronounced as /fɔːlt/

What is synonym and antonym for fault?

In the thesaurus, “fault” has 211 synonyms and 58 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for fault along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for fault

abnormality
accountability
accusation
admonish
answerability
assail
attack
bad-mouth
beef
belittle
bellyache
berate
bitch
blame
blameworthiness
blast
blemish
blight
bloomer
blooper
blot
blotch
blunder
blur
bobble
boner
boo-boo
boob
brick
bug
carp
castigate
cavil
censure
chide
clanger
clinker
clobber
complain
complicity
condemn
condemnation
corruption
crab
crime
criticize
croak
crucify
culpability
damage
debility
decry
defacement
defect
deficiency
deformity
delinquency
demerit
denounce
denunciation
depravity
dereliction
deride
dis
discommend
disfigurement
disparage
dispraise
diss
distortion
drub
error
evil
evildoing
excoriate
excrescence
excrescency
failing
feet of clay
finger-pointing
flaw
flay
flub
fluff
foible
foul-up
frailty
fumble
fuss
gaff
gaffe
gibbet
glitch
goof
gripe
grouse
growl
grumble
guilt
guiltiness
hammer
howler
immorality
impairment
imperfection
impropriety
inaccuracy
indiscretion
infirmity
injury
irregularity
keelhaul
kick
kink
knock
kvetch
lack
lambast
lambaste
lapse
lash
liability
loss of innocence
malfeasance
malformation
malpractice
mar
mark
minus
misapprehension
miscalculation
miscomprehension
misconception
misconduct
misconstruction
miscue
misdeed
misdemeanor
misdescription
misimpression
misinterpretation
misjudgment
misreading
misshape
misstatement
misstep
mistake
misunderstanding
moan
murmur
mutter
negligence
niggle
nit
offense
omission
onus
oversight
pan
peccancy
pillory
pimple
pockmark
pratfall
put down
quibble
rap
rebuke
regret
remorse
reprehend
reprimand
reproach
reprove
responsibility
scar
scold
screwup
self-reproach
shame
shortcoming
sin
sinfulness
skewer
slag
slam
slash
slip
slipup
snafu
soft spot
solecism
spot
stain
stumble
taint
take to task
transgression
trespass
trip
tweak
upbraid
vice
want
weak point
weakness
whine
wickedness
wrong
wrongdoing
zit

Antonyms for fault

accuracy
adornment
advantage
approve
behavior
benefit
blamelessness
blessing
care
commend
correction
correctness
decoration
embellishment
endorse
enhancement
enough
exactitude
exactness
excellence
extol
extoll
faultlessness
good
good deed
goodness
guiltlessness
indorse
inerrancy
infallibility
innocence
integrity
irresponsibility
kindness
laud
merit
morality
obedience
ornament
perfection
plenty
praise
preciseness
precision
probity
propriety
recommend
rectitude
remembrance
right
righteousness
sanction
soundness
strength
strictness
strong point
success
virtue

Meanings of fault

noun
1. A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
2. A mistake or error.
3. A weakness of character; a failing.
4. A minor offense.
5. Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
6. A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
7. In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
8. An illegal serve.
9. An abnormal connection in a circuit.
10. Want; lack.
11. A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
verb
1. To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
2. To fracture.
3. To commit a mistake or error.
4. To undergo a page fault.

Example Sentences

It wasn’t her fault that the project was delayed.
The car accident was clearly his fault.
A minor fault in the system caused the entire network to crash.
She admitted her fault and apologized sincerely.
Geologists discovered a new fault line beneath the city.

On this page you'll find 269 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fault, such as: abnormality, accountability, accuracy, accusation, admonish, adornment, advantage.

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