Cancer
Cancer noun - A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini.
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Synonyms for Cancer
Defect and cancer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Defect" instead a noun "Cancer".
Nearby Word: cancerous
Defect
Defect noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.
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How words are described
| female | female cancer | female defect |
| rare | rare cancer | rare defect |
| similar | similar cancer | similar defect |
| common | common cancer | common defect |
| Other adjectives: entire, real, major, mechanical, fatal, lethal, aforementioned, undiagnosed. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Unfortunately, due to a defect in the process it also gave him cancer and constant, agonizing pain.
- Kitty 0706's video Mass Defect has a joke in it called, "Take cancer and die." The joke now becomes horrendously unfunny because Kitty 0706 has passed away from leukemia.
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Defect and Cancer. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancer/defect
Cancer & Defect. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancer/defect>.
Defect or Cancer. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancer/defect.
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