Censor
Censor noun - A person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable.
Fault and censor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fault" instead a noun "Censor".
Fault
Fault noun - A defect in character.
How words are described
| good | good censor | good fault |
| usual | usual censor | usual fault |
| continuous | continuous censor | continuous fault |
| powerful | powerful censor | powerful fault |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, big, potential, personal, new, major, worst, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Viewers protested because it was Lucy's fault, so future airings and releases of the special to this day censor those two instances (but miss others!) of PP's blame.
Source: Comic Strip / Peanuts - Censor Box: Through no fault of the show, this usually has to be deployed (with gag) when a contestant decides that shorts are a good idea to wear (men and women alike).
Source: Series / Wipeout (2008)
Cite this Source
Fault and Censor. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/censor/fault
Censor & Fault. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/censor/fault>.
Fault or Censor. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/censor/fault.
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