Drawback and Plus

Opposite meaning words

Drawback noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.

Usage example: this plan has only one drawback: it's unworkable

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Plus is an antonym for drawback.

Plus noun - Something added (as by growth).

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Drawback is an antonym for plus.

actual	actual drawback	actual plus
definite	definite drawback	definite plus
big	big drawback	big plus
great	great drawback	great plus
Other adjectives: huge, young, major, additional, biggest.

The lightsaber, which, while lethally effective, suffers the same drawback that rendered metallic swords obsolete when firearms came along: its maximum effective range is one yard plus the length of your arm.

Source: Cool, but Inefficient
The primary drawback is that you can't obtain the transformation until 'Level 93, which takes over 1 million XP per level; on the plus side, the Elder Kai's ritual automatically bumps you up to Level 95.

Source: Video Game / Dragonball Xenoverse

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