Flaw

//flɔ//

Synonyms for "flaw" (231 found)

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Closest matches (47)

Verb(1 words)
blemish

Strong matches (69)

Noun(2 words)
defectfault

Related words (115)

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7 relation types

More general

5 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

derived

7 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

3 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

14 entries

Translations

158 translations across 40 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ψόγος noun (defect, fault)

Arabic

1 entries
  • عَيْبٌ noun (defect, fault)

Armenian

1 entries
  • արատ noun (defect, fault)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • kəsir noun (defect, fault)
  • naqislik noun (defect, fault)
  • nöqsan noun (defect, fault)
  • qüsur noun (defect, fault)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • дефект noun (defect, fault)
  • недостатък noun (defect, fault)
  • пукнатина noun (crack or breach)
  • цепнатина noun (crack or breach)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 毛病 noun (defect, fault)
  • 瑕疵 noun (defect, fault)
  • 疵 noun (crack or breach)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • brak noun (defect, fault)

Czech

1 entries
  • vada noun (defect, fault)

Danish

4 entries
  • defekt noun (crack or breach)
  • defekt noun (defect, fault)
  • fejl noun (crack or breach)
  • fejl noun (defect, fault)

Dutch

4 entries
  • barst noun (crack or breach)
  • barstje noun (crack or breach)
  • fout noun (defect, fault)
  • kristalfout noun (defect in a gemstone)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • difekto noun (defect, fault)
  • manko noun (defect, fault)

Estonian

3 entries
  • mõra noun (crack or breach)
  • puudus noun (defect, fault)
  • viga noun (defect, fault)

Finnish

3 entries
  • rako noun (crack or breach)
  • vika noun (defect, fault)
  • virhe noun (defect, fault)

French

4 entries
  • bourrasque noun (burst of wind)
  • crapaud noun (defect in a gemstone)
  • défaut noun (crack or breach)
  • faille noun (defect, fault)

Galician

4 entries
  • brecha noun (crack or breach)
  • eiva noun (defect, fault)
  • falla noun (defect, fault)
  • fenda noun (crack or breach)

German

4 entries
  • Absplitterung noun (crack or breach)
  • Bö noun (burst of wind)
  • Fehler noun (defect, fault)
  • Macke noun (defect, fault)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • hiba noun (defect, fault)
  • hiányosság noun (defect, fault)
  • repedés noun (crack or breach)
  • elromlik verb (to become imperfect)

Irish

2 entries
  • fabht noun (defect, fault)
  • locht noun (defect, fault)

Italian

4 entries
  • crepa noun (crack or breach)
  • cricca noun (crack or breach)
  • difetto noun (defect, fault)
  • difetto noun (defect in a gemstone)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ひび noun (crack or breach)
  • 欠点 noun (defect, fault)
  • 瑕疵 noun (defect, fault)

Korean

1 entries
  • 결점 noun (defect, fault)

Latin

1 entries
  • vitium noun (defect, fault)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • мана noun (defect, fault)
  • фалинка noun (defect, fault)

Middle English

1 entries
  • chalenge noun (defect, fault)

Māori

1 entries
  • tōrōkiri noun (defect, fault)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • brist noun (crack or breach)
  • brist noun (defect, fault)
  • brist noun (defect, fault)
  • feil noun (crack or breach)

Occitan

4 entries
  • brèca noun (crack or breach)
  • bèrca noun (crack or breach)
  • deca noun (crack or breach)
  • deca noun (defect, fault)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • ردت noun (defect, fault)

Polish

1 entries
  • wada noun (defect, fault)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • defeito noun (crack or breach)
  • defeito noun (defect, fault)
  • erro noun (defect, fault)
  • falha noun (crack or breach)

Romanian

4 entries
  • cusur noun (defect, fault)
  • defect noun (defect, fault)
  • fisură noun (crack or breach)
  • hibă noun (defect, fault)

Russian

4 entries
  • брак noun (defect, fault)
  • дефе́кт noun (defect, fault)
  • изъя́н noun (defect, fault)
  • недоста́ток noun (defect, fault)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • mana noun (defect, fault)
  • мана noun (defect, fault)

Slovak

4 entries
  • chyba noun (defect, fault)
  • prasklina noun (crack or breach)
  • vada noun (defect, fault)
  • závada noun (defect, fault)

Slovene

3 entries
  • napaka noun (defect, fault)
  • pomanjkljivost noun (defect, fault)
  • razpoka noun (defect, fault)

Spanish

4 entries
  • defecto noun (defect in a gemstone)
  • desperfecto noun (defect, fault)
  • falla noun (crack or breach)
  • imperfección noun (defect, fault)

Swedish

4 entries
  • brist noun (defect, fault)
  • fel noun (defect, fault)
  • skavank noun (crack or breach)
  • spricka noun (crack or breach)

Thai

1 entries
  • ข้อบกพร่อง noun (defect, fault)

Turkish

4 entries
  • hata noun (defect, fault)
  • kusur noun (defect, fault)
  • çatlak noun (crack or breach)
  • çizik noun (crack or breach)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • вада noun (defect, fault)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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My technique is without flaw.

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I can't find a single flaw in her theory.

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I can't find a single flaw in his theory.

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Tom discovered a flaw in the ship's design.

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