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imperfection - 19 thesaurus results
Main Entry: imperfection
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: flaw
Synonyms: blemish, bug*, catch, defect, deficiency, deformity, demerit, failing, fallibility, fault, foible, frailty, glitch*, gremlin*, inadequacy, infirmity, insufficiency, peccadillo, problem, shortcoming, sin, stain, taint, weakness, disfigurement, incompleteness, weak point
Antonyms: excellence, perfection, purity, flawlessness
Concept Thesaurus
Synonyms:
-nouns
imperfection; imperfectness; deficiency; inadequacy (insufficiency) [more]; peccancy (badness) [more]; immaturity [more]., fault, defect, weak point; screw loose; flaw (break) [more]; gap [more]; twist [more]; taint, attainder; bar sinister, hole in one's coat; blemish [more]; weakness [more]; half blood; shortcoming [more]; drawback; seamy side., mediocrity; no great shakes, no great catch; not much to boast of; one-borse shay.
-verbs
be imperfect; have a defect; lie under a disadvantage; spring a leak., not pass muster, barely pass muster; fall short [more].
-adjectives
imperfect; not perfect [more]; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; warped (distort) [more]; lame; injured (deteriorated) [more]; peccant (bad) [more]; frail (weak) [more]; inadequate (insufficient) [more]; crude (unprepared) [more]; incomplete [more]; found wanting; below par; short-handed; below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement., indifferent, middling, ordinary, mediocre; average [more]; so-so; coucicouci, milk and water; tolerable, fair, passable; pretty well, pretty good; rather good, moderately good; good; good enough, well enough, adequate; decent; not bad, not amiss; inobjectionable, unobjectionable, admissible, bearable, only better than nothing., secondary, inferior; second-rate, second-best; one-horse [U.S.].
-adverbs
almost; to a limited extent, rather [more]; pretty, moderately, passing; only, considering, all things considered, enough.
-phrases
surgit amari aliquid.
Antonyms: perfection
Main Entry: blemish
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: flaw
Synonyms: birthmark, blister, bloom*, blot, blotch, blur, brand, bruise, bug*, catch, chip, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, discoloration, disgrace, dishonor, eyesore, fault, freckle, imperfection, impurity, lump, mark, mole, patch, pimple, pock, pockmark, scar, second, sight, smudge, snag, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, vice, wart, zit*, beauty spot, blackhead, blot on the landscape, cicatrix, disfigurement, hickey, lentigo, macula, maculation, nevus, nodule, speckle, whitehead
Antonyms: adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament
Main Entry: drawback
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disadvantage
Synonyms: check, defect, deficiency, detriment, difficulty, disability, evil, failing, fault, flaw, handicap, hindrance, hitch, ill, impediment, imperfection, inconvenience, lack, nuisance, obstacle, shortcoming, snag, stumbling block*, trouble, weakness, fly in the ointment
Antonyms: advantage, benefit, boon, extra, perfection
Main Entry: failing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lapse, shortcoming
Synonyms: blind spot*, defect, deficiency, drawback, error, failure, fault, flaw, foible, frailty, imperfection, infirmity, miscarriage, misfortune, vice, weakness, weak point
Notes: a failing is a flaw or weak point or a failure to reach a minimum required performance; a foible a minor weakness or failing of character
Antonyms: advantage, strength, strong point
Main Entry: frailty
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: weakness, flaw
Synonyms: Achilles heel*, blemish, debility, decrepitude, defect, deficiency, delicacy, error, failing, fallibility, fault, feebleness, foible, foil, imperfection, infirmity, peccadillo, shortcoming, solecism, daintiness, flimsiness, peccability, suscept, weak point
Antonyms: firmness, strength
Main Entry: inadequacy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shortage, defect, inability
Synonyms: blemish, dearth, deficiency, deficit, drawback, failing, flaw, imperfection, incapacity, incompetence, inefficiency, ineptitude, insufficiency, lack, meagerness, paucity, poverty, shortcoming, weakness, defalcation, defectiveness, faultiness, inadequateness, inaptness, incompetency, incompleteness, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, scantiness, skimpiness, underage, unfitness, unsuitableness
Antonyms: ability, adequacy, enough, plenty, sufficiency
Main Entry: infirmity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: weakness, sickness
Synonyms: affliction, ailing, ailment, confinement, debility, decay, decrepitude, defect, deficiency, disease, disorder, failing, fault, feebleness, frailty, imperfection, indisposition, malady, malaise, shortcoming, debilitation, diseasedness, flu, ill health, sickliness, unhealth, unhealthiness, unwellness, vulnerability
Antonyms: soundness, strength, good health, healthiness, robustness
Main Entry: shortcoming
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: weak point
Synonyms: bug*, catch*, defect, deficiency, demerit, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, frailty, imperfection, infirmity, lack, lapse, sin, weakness
Antonyms: advantage, success, strong point
Main Entry: sin
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: illegal or immoral action
Synonyms: anger, covetousness, crime, damnation, debt, deficiency, demerit, disobedience, envy, error, evil, fault, guilt, imperfection, iniquity, lust, misdeed, offense, peccadillo, pride, shortcoming, sloth, transgression, trespass, vice, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, evil-doing, gluttony, immorality, peccability, peccancy, sinfulness, tort, ungodliness, unrighteousness, veniality, wrongness
Antonyms: behavior, goodness, morality
Main Entry: weakness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: defect, proneness
Synonyms: Achilles heel*, appetite*, blemish, debility, decrepitude, deficiency, delicacy, failing, fault, feebleness, flaw, fondness, fragility, frailty, gap, imperfection, impotence, inclination, indecision, infirmity, instability, lack, languor, lapse, liking, passion, penchant, predilection, proclivity, prostration, senility, shortcoming, soft spot*, taste*, vice, chink in armor, enervation, faintness, impairment, inconstancy, invalidity, irresolution, powerlessness, sore point, vitiation, vulnerability
Antonyms: strength, strong point
Main Entry: disadvantage(s)
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: difficulty, trouble
Synonyms: bar, burden, defect, deficiency, deprivation, detriment, disability, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, hamper, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, imperfection, imposition, inadequacy, inconvenience, lack, liability, limitation, minus, nuisance, objection, obstacle, privation, problem, restraint, snag, stumbling block*, weakness, adverse circumstance, blocking, discommodity, fly in the ointment, inutility, weak point
Antonyms: advantage, good fortune
Main Entry: tear
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rip, cut
Synonyms: breach, break, crack, damage, fissure, gash, hole, imperfection, laceration, rent, run, rupture, scratch, split, mutilation, tatter
Antonyms: perfection
Main Entry: irregularity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: unevenness
Synonyms: aberration, break, bump, change, dent, deviation, distortion, flaw, hole, hump, imperfection, inconsistency, roughness, shift, spasm, stop, twist, uncertainty, variation, asymmetry, bumpiness, jaggedness, variability
Main Entry: fault
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: physical defect
Synonyms: blemish, debility, deficiency, demerit, imperfection, infirmity, lack, pimple, shortcoming, weakness, zit*, weak point
Antonyms: perfection, soundness, strength
Main Entry: vice
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: weakness
Synonyms: blemish, defect, demerit, failing, fault, flaw, foible, frailty, imperfection, mar, shortcoming, weak point
Antonyms: strength, good point
Main Entry: immaturity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: inexperience
Synonyms: ignorance, imperfection, babyishness, callowness, childish behavior, childishness, greenness, incompleteness, infantilism, puerility, rawness
Main Entry: kink
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: complication
Synonyms: defect, difficulty, flaw, hitch, impediment, imperfection, knot, tangle
Antonyms: easiness, simplicity
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