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faultfinding
Overview of noun faultfinding
The noun faultfinding has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. faultfinding, carping -- (persistent petty and unjustified criticism)
Overview of adj faultfinding
The adj faultfinding has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. faultfinding -- (tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be faultfinding")
2. captious, faultfinding -- (tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun faultfinding
1 sense of faultfinding
Sense 1
faultfinding, carping
=> criticism, unfavorable judgment
=> disapproval
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun faultfinding
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun faultfinding
1 sense of faultfinding
Sense 1
faultfinding, carping
=> criticism, unfavorable judgment
Antonyms of noun faultfinding
Member Holonyms of noun faultfinding
Substance Holonyms of noun faultfinding
Part Holonyms of noun faultfinding
Member Meronyms of noun faultfinding
Substance Meronyms of noun faultfinding
Part Meronyms of noun faultfinding
Meronyms of noun faultfinding
Holonyms of noun faultfinding
Attributes of noun faultfinding
Derived Forms of noun faultfinding
Domain of noun faultfinding
Domain Terms of noun faultfinding
Familiarity of noun faultfinding
faultfinding used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun faultfinding
1 sense of faultfinding
Sense 1
faultfinding, carping
> criticism, unfavorable judgment
=> attack
=> brickbat
=> faultfinding, carping
=> fire, attack, flak, flack, blast
=> thrust
=> potshot
=> rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
=> slating
=> static
=> stricture
Meronyms of noun faultfinding
1 sense of faultfinding
Holonyms of noun faultfinding
Grep of noun faultfinding
faultfinding
Antonyms of adj faultfinding
2 senses of faultfinding
Sense 1
faultfinding(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA judgmental) -> nonjudgmental
Sense 2
captious, faultfinding
INDIRECT (VIA critical) -> uncritical
Similarity of adj faultfinding
2 senses of faultfinding
Sense 1
faultfinding(prenominal)
=> judgmental (vs. nonjudgmental)
Sense 2
captious, faultfinding
=> critical (vs. uncritical)
Pertainyms of adj faultfinding
Attributes of adj faultfinding
Domain of adj faultfinding
Domain Terms of adj faultfinding
Familiarity of adj faultfinding
faultfinding used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj faultfinding
faultfinding
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