vice
(noun, adjective, verb, preposition)
adjective
1. in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
- vice presidentvice admiral
noun
1. moral weakness
Similar word(s): frailty
Definition categories: attribute, evil, evilness
2. a specific form of evildoing
- vice offends the moral standards of the community
Definition categories: act, evildoing, transgression
Sentences with vice as a noun:
- Smoking is a vice, not a virtue.
preposition
1. instead of, in place of
- A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
verb
1. To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.