fault
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
he made a bad mistake
Types & categories
- nonaccomplishment hypernym
- blot hyponym
- mix-up hyponym
- incursion hyponym
- miscalculation hyponym
- distortion hyponym
- slip-up hyponym
- offside hyponym
- lapse hyponym
- omission hyponym
- blunder hyponym
- ballup hyponym
- betise hyponym
- revoke hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
put or pin the blame on
Types & categories
- charge hypernym
Related & opposite
- absolve antonym
- mistake derivation
- fault derivation
- blame derivation
- blameworthy derivation
Sense 3 noun
an imperfection in an object or machine
a flaw caused the crystal to shatter
Types & categories
- imperfection hypernym
- blister hyponym
- glitch hyponym
- hole hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
Types & categories
- worth hypernym
Related & opposite
- merit antonym
Sense 5 noun
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
they built it right over a geological fault
Types & categories
- crack hypernym
- inclined fault hyponym
- strike-slip fault hyponym
- Denali Fault instance hyponym
- San Andreas Fault instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- fault line part meronym
Related & opposite
- come apart derivation
- fracture derivation
- geology domain topic
Sense 6 noun
(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it
Types & categories
- equipment failure hypernym
Related & opposite
- electronics domain topic
Sense 7 noun
responsibility for a bad situation or event
it was John's fault
Types & categories
- responsibleness hypernym
Related & opposite
- fault derivation
Sense 8 noun
(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
he served too many double faults
Types & categories
- serve hypernym
- double fault hyponym
- footfault hyponym
Related & opposite
- squash racquets domain topic
- badminton domain topic
- tennis domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | err |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fault |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | faulty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | nonaccomplishment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mix-up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | incursion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | miscalculation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distortion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slip-up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | offside |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lapse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | omission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blunder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ballup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | betise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | revoke |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | absolve |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mistake |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fault |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blame |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blameworthy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | charge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flaw |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | faulty |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | imperfection |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | blister |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | glitch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hole |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | merit |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | worth |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | come apart |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | geology |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | fault line |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | crack |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | inclined fault |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | strike-slip fault |
| 5 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Denali Fault |
| 5 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | San Andreas Fault |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | electronics |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | equipment failure |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fault |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | responsibleness |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | squash racquets |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | badminton |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | tennis |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | serve |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | double fault |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | footfault |