Synonyms for vice
- noun
- British English
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Noun
1. Immorality
immorality, evil, sin, corruption, depravity, crime, licentiousness, profligacy, wickedness, impropriety, fault, blemish, wrong, frailty, iniquity, badness, naughtiness, flaw, defect, imperfection
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Definitions
- n. 1
Bad or immoral behaviour. (Especially often, a habit that harms oneself or others)
Pride is a vice, not a virtue.
Related words
- Word family
- vicious
- Phrases
- secret vice vice-versa vice-president vice-admiral solitary vice vice chair vice chairperson
- Other spellings
- vise visé
Forms
- Plural
- vices → immoralities, evils, sins, corruptions…
Example sentences
- immorality Islam hates immorality and so does Judaism.
- deputy Ziri was a sheriff's deputy back in the 1980s.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| vice | falling | |
| immorality | rising | |
| deputy | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sin1
- 4 letters
- evil2, flaw1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, crime1, fault1
- 6 letters
- deputy3, defect2
- 7 letters
- blemish2, frailty2, badness2
- 8 letters
- iniquity4
- 9 letters
- depravity4
- 10 letters
- corruption3, immorality5, wickedness3, profligacy4
- 11 letters
- impropriety5, naughtiness
- 12 letters
- imperfection4
- 14 letters
- licentiousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).