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vice1
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- pronunciation:
- vaIs
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Homophone Note
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an immoral or evil act; wickedness.
The pirates were known for kidnapping, thieving, and other dreadful vices.- synonyms:
- evil, immorality, iniquity, wickedness
- antonyms:
- virtue
- similar words:
- crime, felony, misdeed, misdemeanor, offense, sin, transgression, trespass, violation
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| definition 2: |
behavior considered immoral, esp. prostitution.
He lured the young woman into vice.The runaways turned to vice to support themselves.- synonyms:
- depravity, evil, immorality, iniquity
- antonyms:
- virtue
- similar words:
- crime, degeneracy, foulness, meanness, sin
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| definition 3: |
a slight personal flaw or shortcoming; foible.
His vice is chronic tardiness.- synonyms:
- failing, flaw, foible, shortcoming
- antonyms:
- virtue
- similar words:
- defect, deficiency, imperfection, infirmity, peccadillo, weakness
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| definition 4: |
a defect or flaw.
- synonyms:
- defect, flaw
- similar words:
- blemish, catch, deficiency, drawback, fault, frailty, hitch, imperfection, shortcoming, weakness
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| definition 5: |
a physical weakness.
- synonyms:
- frailty, weakness
- similar words:
- defect, deformity, infirmity, taint
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| related words: |
flaw, habit, harm, wrong |
adjective + (n.)vice
academic, bad, contrary, destructive, human, known, ordinary, private, secret, solitary, stylistic, working-class, worldly
verb + (n.)vice
avoid, combat, display, exploit, expose, indulge, outweigh, overcome, thrive
(n.)vice
+ verb
addict, attribute, clamp, practice, smoke, squeeze
noun + (n.)vice
avarice, distinction, error, evil, grip, heartland, hypocrisy, launch, liberty, ministry, pleasure, prostitution, sin, temptation, tribute, verse, virtue, weakness
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| derivation: |
viceless (adj.) |
Are you looking for the word vise (a gripping tool)? Vice and vise sound alike but have different meanings.
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