Synonyms of disadvantages

disadvantages

noun

plural of disadvantage

1

as in handicaps

a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success

their lack of height was a disadvantage on the basketball court

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handicaps
• liabilities
• drawbacks
• shortcomings
• negatives
• downsides
• minuses
• obstacles
• debits
• disbenefits
• hurdles
• disabilities
• strikes
• incommodities
• failings
• impairments
• obstructions
• embarrassments
• albatrosses
• millstones
• impediments
• albatross
• hindrances
• hitches
• interferences
• lets
• strangleholds
• shackles
• rubs
• clogs
• trammels
• manacles
• catches
• stops
• checks
• bars
• crimps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• advantages
• assets
• pluses
• edges
• vantages
• margins
• plusses
• starts
• privileges
• controls
• jumps
• leads
• superiorities
• opportunities
• drops
• prerogatives
• commands
• betters
• help
• aids
• head starts
• breaks
• transcendences
• predominances
• supremacies
• ascendencies
• ascendancies
• upper hands
• masteries
• assistances

2

as in expenses

the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success

intense pretrial publicity worked to our disadvantage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expenses
• despites
• detriments
• losses
• penalties
• damages
• injuries
• deficits
• prejudices
• deprivations
• harms
• disfavors
• hurts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• advantages
• gains
• favors