Fault

//fɔːlt//

Synonyms for "fault" (419 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (84)

Strong matches (126)

craze crevasse crevice crime crime against humanity criticize culpability culpable cut cwm deadly sin defacement defalcation default defection defectiveness deficiency defile deformation deformity

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Verb(19 words)

criticize decry defame denounce denunciate deprecate derogate drag dress down eat someone alive excoriate find fault finger fulminate get at get down get up give somebody a piece of one's mind give somebody what-for

Noun(10 words)

defect demerit error faulting flaw floater fluff fracture fuckup geological fault

Related words (209)

Noun(13 words)

inaccuracy lapsus lulu mess-up mistake muck-up screwup shift slip-up solecism stumble trouble vulnerability

inadequacy incision indiscretion inexpiable sin infirmity iniquity injury injustice irrationally joint keloid kink kloof knock lapse leak lentigo liability liable little problem

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malefaction malfeasance malum milium minor wrong misapplication misapprehension misbehavior miscalculation miscarriage misconception misconduct misconstruction miscount misdeal misdeed misdemeanor misdoing misfeasance misidentification misinterpretation misjudgment misplay misprint misquotation misreport miss misstatement misunderstanding misuse moat mole moral flaw mortal sin needle scar nevus niggle nonfeasance notch nullah offence offense omission onus opening outrage overly oversight pass passage peccadillo peccancy perversion pick at pick on pimple pit pock pockmark port-wine mark port-wine stain problem pustule ravine rent responsibility responsible rift rime rupture scab scar scissure scratch seam sebaceous cyst self-contradiction shortcoming sin sin of commission sin of omission sinful act sinfulness slip slit slot snag solecism something missing split strawberry mark sty taint take exception to to a fault to blame tort track transgression trench trespass trip twist typo typographical error unduly unorthodoxy unreasonably untrueness untruth untruthfulness unutterable sin valley venial sin verruca vesicle vice void vulnerable place wadi wale warp wart weak link weak point weak side weakness weal welt wen whitehead wrong wrongness

Verb(43 words)

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rebuke reprehend reprimand reproach reprove rip into rubbish savage scold shend skewer slam slate tear into tell off threap tick off tosh twit upbraid vilify vituperate wite

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

18 entries

accuse breakdown charge cleft crack crevice equipment failure fissure imperfection imperfectness nonaccomplishment nonachievement responsibility responsibleness scissure serve

Showing 16 of 18 words.

More specific

10 entries

arc fault double fault normal fault page fault reverse fault segmentation fault strike-slip fault thrust fault transform fault triple fault

Synonyms

5 entries

blame defect demerit excessively mistake

Related terms

1 entries

default

derived

61 entries

Byzantine fault tolerance San Andreas fault a fault confessed is half redressed active fault arc fault at fault at-fault blind thrust fault dextral fault double fault double-fault downfault electrical fault fault current fault gouge fault injection

Showing 16 of 61 words.

has context

10 entries

badminton computing electrical electronics geology hunting mining seismology squash tennis

is a

6 entries

breakdown crack geographical region responsibility serve tangible thing

related to

36 entries

blame character coal commit criticize defect detract discontinuity earthquake earthquake line earthquakes error excessive extremely failing failure

Showing 16 of 36 words.

Translations

286 translations across 69 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

faj noun (defect)
gabim noun (defect)

Arabic

4 entries

خَطَأ noun (culpability; responsibility)
خَطَأ noun (mistake or error)
خَلَل noun (defect)
زمب noun (mistake or error)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

günah noun (culpability; responsibility)
iştibah noun (mistake or error)
səhv noun (mistake or error)
təqsir noun (culpability; responsibility)

Bashkir

2 entries

хата noun (mistake or error)
ғәйеп noun (culpability; responsibility)

Basque

2 entries

erru noun (culpability; responsibility)
huts noun (mistake or error)

Belarusian

4 entries

віна́ noun (culpability; responsibility)
га́на noun (defect)
дэфе́кт noun (defect)
памы́лка noun (mistake or error)

Bengali

4 entries

খাতা noun (mistake or error)
গলতি noun (mistake or error)
চ্যুতি noun (geology: fracture)
তকসির noun (culpability; responsibility)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

दोष noun (defect)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вина́ noun (culpability; responsibility)
гре́шка noun (mistake or error)
дефе́кт noun (defect)
недоста́тък noun (defect)

Catalan

4 entries

culpa noun (culpability; responsibility)
culpa noun (defect)
defecte noun (defect)
errada noun (defect)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

斷層 /断层 noun (geology: fracture)
毛病 noun (defect)
缺點 /缺点 noun (defect)
錯 /错 noun (culpability; responsibility)

Czech

4 entries

chyba noun (defect)
chyba noun (mistake or error)
vina noun (culpability; responsibility)
zlom noun (geology: fracture)

Danish

1 entries

forkastning noun (geology: fracture)

Dutch

4 entries

breuk noun (geology: fracture)
breuklijn noun (geology: fracture)
fout noun (mistake or error)
beschuldigen verb (to criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone)

Esperanto

2 entries

eraro noun (defect)
kulpo noun (culpability; responsibility)

Estonian

4 entries

süü noun (culpability; responsibility)
viga noun (culpability; responsibility)
viga noun (defect)
viga noun (mistake or error)

Finnish

4 entries

epäkohta noun (defect)
heikkous noun (failing of character)
hukattu vainu noun (hunting: loss of scent)
maasulku noun (technology: abnormal connection)

French

4 entries

défaut noun (defect)
faille noun (geology: fracture)
faute noun (culpability; responsibility)
faute noun (mistake or error)

Georgian

4 entries

ნაკლი noun (defect)
შეცდომა noun (mistake or error)
ცდომილება noun (mistake or error)
წუნი noun (defect)

German

4 entries

Berge noun (mining: interrupted seam)
Bruchlinie noun (geology: fracture)
Brücke noun (technology: abnormal connection)
Charakterschwäche noun (failing of character)

Greek

1 entries

φταίξιμο noun (mistake or error)

Hebrew

4 entries

אַשְׁמָה noun (culpability; responsibility)
טָעוּת noun (mistake or error)
כָּשַׁל noun (minor offense)
משגה noun (mistake or error)

Hindi

4 entries

क़सूर noun (culpability; responsibility)
क़सूर noun (mistake or error)
खोट noun (defect)
ग़लती noun (mistake or error)

Hungarian

4 entries

felelősség noun (culpability; responsibility)
fogyatékosság noun (defect)
gyengeség noun (failing of character)
hiba noun (defect)

Indonesian

2 entries

patahan noun (geology: fracture)
sesar noun (geology: fracture)

Irish

1 entries

éasc noun (geology: fracture)

Italian

4 entries

biasimo noun (culpability; responsibility)
colpa noun (culpability; responsibility)
colpa noun (defect)
colpa noun (mistake or error)

Japanese

4 entries

せい noun (culpability; responsibility)
せい noun (mistake or error)
断層 noun (geology: fracture)
欠点 noun (defect)

Khmer

2 entries

ទោស noun (culpability; responsibility)
ទោស noun (mistake or error)

Korean

4 entries

결함 noun (defect)
단층 noun (geology: fracture)
땅끊임 noun (geology: fracture)
잘못 noun (culpability; responsibility)

Latgalian

2 entries

klaida noun (mistake or error)
vaine noun (mistake or error)

Latin

4 entries

culpa noun (culpability; responsibility)
culpa noun (defect)
culpa noun (mistake or error)
culpa noun (geology: fracture)

Latvian

2 entries

kļuda noun (mistake or error)
vaina noun (mistake or error)

Macedonian

1 entries

вина noun (culpability; responsibility)

Malay

4 entries

gelinciran noun (geology: fracture)
salah noun (mistake or error)
sesar noun (geology: fracture)
sesaran noun (geology: fracture)

Malayalam

4 entries

കുറ്റം noun (culpability; responsibility)
കുറ്റം noun (minor offense)
പിഴവ് noun (defect)
പിഴവ് noun (failing of character)

Mansaka

1 entries

sara noun (mistake or error)

Maranao

2 entries

daway noun (defect)
sala' noun (mistake or error)

Māori

1 entries

hapa noun (geology: fracture)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

kosa noun (defect)

Norwegian

2 entries

forkastning noun (geology: fracture)
skyld noun (mistake or error)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

forkasting noun (geology: fracture)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

ذنب noun (culpability; responsibility)
ردت noun (defect)
صوچ noun (culpability; responsibility)

Persian

4 entries

تقصیر noun (culpability; responsibility)
خطا noun (mistake or error)
عوار noun (defect)
عیب noun (defect)

Polish

4 entries

błąd noun (mistake or error)
defekt noun (defect)
pomyłka noun (mistake or error)
uskok noun (geology: fracture)

Portuguese

4 entries

culpa noun (mistake or error)
defeito noun (defect)
falha noun (defect)
falha noun (geology: fracture)

Romanian

4 entries

culpă noun (mistake or error)
greșeală noun (mistake or error)
hibă noun (defect)
vină noun (mistake or error)

Russian

4 entries

вина́ noun (culpability; responsibility)
дефе́кт noun (defect)
изъя́н noun (defect)
оши́бка noun (defect)

Sanskrit

2 entries

अगुण noun (defect)
दोष noun (defect)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

coire noun (mistake or error)
cron noun (defect)
cron noun (mistake or error)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

greška noun (defect)
grješka noun (defect)
krivnja noun (defect)
mana noun (defect)

Sicilian

1 entries

curpa noun (mistake or error)

Sikkimese

1 entries

སྐྱོན noun (mistake or error)

Slovak

3 entries

chyba noun (defect)
chyba noun (mistake or error)
vina noun (culpability; responsibility)

Slovene

1 entries

hiba noun (defect)

Spanish

4 entries

culpa noun (culpability; responsibility)
culpa noun (mistake or error)
defecto noun (defect)
falla noun (defect)

Swedish

4 entries

brist noun (defect)
fel noun (defect)
förkastning noun (geology: fracture)
skuld noun (mistake or error)

Tajik

1 entries

тақсир noun (culpability; responsibility)

Tausug

1 entries

sa noun (mistake or error)

Telugu

1 entries

తప్పిదం noun (defect)

Tetum

1 entries

sala noun (mistake or error)

Thai

3 entries

ข้อบกพร่อง noun (defect)
ความผิด noun (culpability; responsibility)
จุดบกพร่อง noun (defect)

Tocharian B

1 entries

nāki noun (mistake or error)

Turkish

2 entries

hata noun (mistake or error)
yanlış noun (defect)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ва́да noun (defect)
вина́ noun (culpability; responsibility)
дефе́кт noun (defect)
по́милка noun (mistake or error)

Urdu

3 entries

خطا noun (mistake or error)
غلطی noun (mistake or error)
قصور noun (culpability; responsibility)

Uzbek

1 entries

min noun (defect)

Welsh

2 entries

bai noun (defect)
ffawt noun (geology: fracture)

Zazaki

4 entries

eyb noun (defect)
guna noun (culpability; responsibility)
qısur noun (culpability; responsibility)
xeta (diq) noun (mistake or error)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It's not my fault!

Source: tatoeba (1659)

You're always finding fault with me.

Source: tatoeba (16763)

You are always finding fault with me.

Source: tatoeba (16772)

It is cruel of you to find fault with her.

Source: tatoeba (17741)

Showing 4 of 28 available sentences.

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