Vice

Noun

 * 1) A bad habit.
 * 2)  prostitution

Antonyms

 * virtue

Derived terms

 * vice squad

Related terms

 * vicious
 * vitiate

Noun

 * 1) A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).

Adjective
vice (no comparative or superlative)


 * 1) in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
 * vice president
 * vice admiral

Preposition

 * 1) instead of, in place of

Adjectives for Vice
solemn; enemy; ultimate; incurable; selfish; discordant; encroaching; virtuous; kindred; respective; disgusting; monstrous; gilded; beneficial; hereditary; distinguished; black; ineffable; distorted; plausible; infamous; searing; overshadowing; ruling; alluring; reckless; engendering; unmarred; trivial; heathen distressing; deliberate; fashionable; supreme; depicting; abstract; notorious; hateful; gross; coarse; bold; reputed; solitary; ingrained; popular; essential; embodied; walking; redeeming; filthy.

Verbs for Vice
abandon—; addict to—; campaign against check—; clothe in—; combat—; commercialize—; condemn—; condone—; confess—; crusade against—; curb—; cure—; denounce —; expose—; fall into—; forsake—; foster —; indulge in—; renounce—; reveal—; smack of—; sow—; stem—; stray into—; succumb to—; uncover—; weed out—; — corrupts; —debauches; —demoralizes; — depraves; —desecrates; —flourishes; — fouls —perverts; —stains; —sullies; — taints; lapse into—.

Thesaurus
advocate, alter ego, alternate, amicus curiae, as proxy for, as representing, attorney, backup, backup man, bad habit, badness, besetting sin, blemish, champion, corruption, crime, criminal tendency, criminality, criminosis, debasement, debauchery, decay, defect, deficiency, degeneracy, degradation, depravity, deputy, discourtesy, disorder, disorderliness, disorderly conduct, disruption, disruptiveness, dummy, evil, evil courses, evildoing, executive officer, exponent, failing, failure, fault, feloniousness, figurehead, flaw, foible, for, frailty, frowned-upon behavior, hooliganism, horseplay, ill, immorality, imperfection, impropriety, in behalf of, in lieu of, in place of, in preference to, indecency, infirmity, iniquity, lawbreaking, licentiousness, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misbehavior, misconduct, misdemeanor, misdoing, misfeasance, misprision, misprision of treason, moral flaw, naughtiness, nonsanctioned behavior, on behalf of, paranymph, perversion, pinch hitter, pleader, positive misprision, procurator, profligacy, proxy, replacing, representative, rot, roughhouse, rowdiness, rowdyism, ruffianism, second in command, secondary, shortcoming, sin, sinfulness, squalor, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, thou scarlet sin, transgression, unchastity, understudy, utility man, vandalism, venality, venial sin, vicar, vicar general, vicegerent, viciousness, villainy, weak point, weak side, weakness, wickedness, wrong, wrong conduct, wrongdoing