Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "defect" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

CHILD syndrome Frenkel defect Schottky defect angular defect birth defect bulk defect congenital heart defect crystallographic defect defect of one's qualities defectible defection defectious defectless defectology defector line defect mass defect microdefect nondefecting organic defect planar defect point defect re-defect redefect stereodefect title defect volume defect

Entails

protest

Context

law math military

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

appearance disadvantage flee fly imperfection imperfectness issue problem quirk take flight trouble visual aspect

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

blemish bug crack dent glitch scratch stain taint weak spot wem

Type Of (IsA)

disadvantage imperfection

Manner Of

flee

Related Terms

defeat defective deficiency deficient deficit error flawless

Related Terms

abandon amount army asylum cease combat country defective deficiency deficient deficit desert enemy fault figure flee join loyalty malfunction part quantity seek short turn against wanting

Synonym Network

blemish

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.