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fault
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- pronunciation:
- fawlt
- phrases:
- at fault, to a fault
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
something wrong with a thing or person that causes problems for someone or something else.
Nick's fault is talking too much.The car makes loud noises because of a fault in the engine.- synonyms:
- defect, deficiency, flaw, shortcoming, weakness
- similar words:
- bug, glitch, hole, kink
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| definition 2: |
a mistake; error.
Her job at the factory is to find faults in the finished products.- synonyms:
- defect, error, mistake, slip
- similar words:
- blunder, bug, offense, oversight
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| definition 3: |
responsibility for a mistake or error.
Whose fault is it that the work didn't get done?- synonyms:
- blame
- similar words:
- guilt, responsibility
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| definition 4: |
a break in part of the earth's crust that is like a crack in the surface of the earth. A fault can be small or it can be hundreds of miles long. Because of the break between the surfaces, the surfaces can move and become uneven with each other.
- synonyms:
- flaw
- similar words:
- chink, crack
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| related words: |
blemish, chip, drawback, lapse |
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| phrase: |
at fault, to a fault |
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