vice
1 of 4noun
ˈvīs 
1
a
: moral depravity or corruption : wickedness
b
: a moral fault or failing
c
: a habitual and usually trivial defect or shortcoming : foible
suffered from the vice of curiosity
2
: blemish, defect
3
: a physical imperfection, deformity, or taint
4
a
often capitalized : a character representing one of the vices in an English morality play
b
: buffoon, jester
5
: an abnormal behavior pattern in a domestic animal detrimental to its health or usefulness
6
: sexual immorality
especially : prostitution
vice
2 of 4chiefly British spelling of vise
vice
3 of 4preposition
ˈvīs
also
ˈvī-sē : in the place of
I will preside, vice the absent chairman
also : rather than
vice-
4 of 4prefix
ˈvīs,
ˌvīs
: one that takes the place of
vice-chancellor
Synonyms
Noun
- corruption
- debauchery
- depravity
- immorality
- iniquitousness
- iniquity
- libertinage
- libertinism
- licentiousness
- profligacy
- sin
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Example Sentences
Noun Such men are prone to vice. He thought gambling was a vice. Eating too much is my vice. The city is a den of filth and vice.
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin vitium fault, vice
Preposition
Latin, ablative of vicis change, alternation, stead — more at week
Prefix
Middle English vis-, vice-, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin vice-, from Latin vice, ablative of vicis
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Preposition
1770, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing vice
Kids Definition
vice 1 of 2
noun
ˈvīs
1
: evil conduct or habits
2
: a moral fault or weakness
vice-
2 of 2prefix
ˈvīs
: one that takes the place of
Medical Definition
vice
noun
ˈvīs
: an abnormal behavior pattern in a domestic animal detrimental to its health or usefulness
Legal Definition
vice 1 of 3
noun
ˈvīs
1
: a moral fault or failing
2
: defect
3
: immoral activity (as prostitution)
vice
2 of 3preposition
ˈvīs, ˈvī-sē
: in the place of
I will preside, vice the absent chairman
also : rather than
vice-
3 of 3prefix
: one that takes the place of
vice-chancellor
devices
noun
as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing left to her own devices she'd eat at a fast-food restaurant every night of the week Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- tendency
- aptitude
- inclination
- affinity
- affection
- impulse
- disposition
- bone
- addiction
- bias
- predisposition
- proclivity
- predilection
- preference
- talent
- bent
- knack
- propensity
- leaning
- genius
- penchant
- turn
- appetite
- partiality
- specialty
- gift
- habitude
- like
- faculty
- flair
- speciality
- prejudice
- taste
- practice
- fancy
- routine
- custom
- liking
- habit
- endowment
- partisanship
- pattern
- way
- singularity
- fondness
- favor
- forte
- convention
- idiosyncrasy
- trick
- peculiarity
- wont
- quirk
- eccentricity
- practise
- kink
- oddity
- one-sidedness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- allergy
- dislike
- distaste
- detachment
- neutrality
- objectivity
- aversion
- impartiality
- indifference
- disfavor
- disinclination
- averseness
- disliking
- apathy
- disrelish
- nonchalance
- unconcern
- insouciance
- disinterestedness
- arrogators
- arrojadite
- arrondi
- arrondissement
- arrondissements
- arrow
- arrow arum
- arrow crab
- arrow grass
- arrow horn
- arrow rest
- arrow straightener
- arrow worm
- arrow-back chair
- arrow-grass family
- arrow-tooth flounder
- arrow-toothed halibut
- arrowed
- arrowhead
- arrowheads
- arrowing
- arrowleaf
- arrowleaf balsamroot
- arrowplate
- arrowpoint