Weak synonyms
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Part of speech:
Frail in health
strong (antonym)
Persuasive, effective, and cogent:
Lacking vigor or effectiveness; inadequate:
Affected with palsy.
Despicable and cowardly.
In poor health; chronically sick or prone to sickness; not strong or robust
Susceptible to emotional injury, especially in being easily hurt:
Not audible; that cannot be heard or be distinctly heard
Watery; insipid; thin
Foolish; silly.
Made with green or leafy vegetables:
bated
Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
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Lacking in capacity or experience
Invalid is defined as not correct or provable or not legally recognized.
Weakened or worn out from age or wear
Lacking plausibility; unconvincing:
Noted for lack of regularity or uniformity.
robust (antonym)
Active or dynamic:
Not defended or not able to be defended.
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Without courage or hope; timid
Not adequate; not sufficient; not equal to what is required
Inadequate; incompetent:
The definition of thin is having little depth, being lean or not having a lot of something.
secure (antonym)
Free from risk of loss; safe:
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Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy:
The definition of puny is something insufficient in size or strength.
Lacking strength or power; helpless and totally ineffectual.
poor (related)
Not dependable or reliable; questionable
Wavering or tending to waver in motion, opinion, etc.
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healthy (antonym)
Sizable; considerable:
anile
Lacking in capacity or experience
Lacking in capacity or experience
Resembling gauze, as in thinness or translucency:
An imperfection or lack that causes inadequacy or failure; a shortcoming or deficiency.
Attenuate is defined as to reduce the strength of an electrical signal.
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Enervate is defined as to weaken or take away physical, mental or moral strength.
To deprive of strength; make feeble.
Not solid or heavy; flimsy; light
forceful (antonym)
Full of force; powerful, vigorous, effective, cogent, etc.
(Of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
Impotent is defined as to be unable to have sexual intercourse.
Not effectual; not producing or not able to produce the desired effect
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Unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided.
Having a weak or flexible backbone
Lacking in capacity or experience
Being in an early period of life or growth; not old
brave (antonym)
Willing to face danger, pain, or trouble; not afraid
sufficient (antonym)
Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
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capable (antonym)
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
fit (antonym)
The definition of fit is proper, appropriate or in good physical condition.
guarded (antonym)
Protected; defended.
safe (antonym)
Free from danger or injury; undamaged or unhurt:
loud (antonym)
Having strikingly bright colors:
noisy (antonym)
The definition of noisy is a loud person, thing or activity.
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Not firm or strong physically; weak; feeble, as from old age
Not safe from danger
Wavering or fickle:
Lacking confidence.
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Tending to wobble; unsteady.
Containing too much water; diluted:
Not convincing, plausible or believable
Run down, damaged, in disrepair.
unbalance (related)
sluggish (related)
weaken (related)
anaemic (related)
weakened (related)
tenuous (related)
Flimsy or thin in texture or substance; lacking firmness
Having a bad odor because of decomposition or decay; putrid; foul-smelling
Cowardly; timid; shy
Having the string or strings loosened or detached, as a bow, racket, etc.
Hesitating or undecided; vacillating; doubtful
The definition of frightened is afraid, anxious or feeling fear.
Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale:
Not bright; somewhat dark
Lacking in volume
Having light; not dark; bright
That has been interrupted, suppressed etc
Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
Lacking intensity or brilliance
Narrow in outlook; petty:
ill-equipped
Poorly or inadequately equipped.
insufficiently armed
Lacking in military power
(--- Chiefly Brit.) Designating a company in which the liability of its shareholders is similarly restricted
Not having been organized on a normal basis
Lacking training, not having been instructed in something.
Impromptu:
Recently finished; fresh:
Refreshing or cool.
Intended for people who have a disability:
Not known for certain; questionable.
(Football) Not caught in bounds or intercepted:
Not tried; not attempted, tested, or proved
shatter-proof (antonym)
Lacking physical strength; said of things
sturdy (antonym)
Marked by resoluteness or determination; firm:
courageous (antonym)
The definition of courageous is showing courage and being brave.
adventurous (antonym)
experienced (antonym)
Having learned from experience; made wise, competent, etc. by experience
expert (antonym)
Of or from an expert
sick (related)
Unable to produce a profitable yield of crops:
Lacking vitality; listless and weak:
The definition of anodyne is something that eases pain, or something or someone that is relaxing or lacks vigor.
(Former) ectomorphic
Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation
Characterized by a moderate, unperturbed, or tranquil quality, especially:
Likely to break, snap, or crack, as when subjected to pressure:
The definition of cowardly is something characterized by a lack of courage.
Lacking defense; unable to defend oneself; open to attack; helpless; unprotected
The definition of degenerate is someone or something that has lost their former good character or morality.
Lacking in capacity or experience
Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices.
Aloof or chilly:
Characterized by extreme refinement or self-indulgence, often to the point of unworldiness or decadence:
The definition of enervating is something that drains you of strength or vitality.
Lacking in capacity or experience
Lacking in capacity or experience
Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.
Not conclusive or final; not leading to a definite result
Not discreet; lacking prudence, as in speech or action
Not capable of producing a desired effect or result; ineffective.
Without flavor; tasteless
Lacking a backbone.
The definition of lame is being physically disabled causing a limp or something that is weak and unsatisfactory.
Without vigor or vitality; drooping; weak
peccable
Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
The definition of pliant is something pliable or that can be molded and shaped.
Being such that attack, seizure, or capture is possible; vulnerable or assailable:
Small, weak, or gentle; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.
With the palm upward or away from the body
Frail; delicate.
Having no diacritical mark. Used of a word, syllable, or letter.
Not protected or defended against injury, danger, loss, etc.
Not safe and secure financially
(Linguistics) Not stressed or accented:
unsustained
Not sustained.
valetudinarian
Characterized by or in poor health; sickly
The definition of vapid is someone or something that is uninteresting or lacking flavor.
Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady.
Lacking in capacity or experience
The definition of worn is a person or thing that's been changed or damaged from being used, or showing the result of being overworked or worried.
adynamia
(Med.) Lack of vital force as a result of illness; debility
Loss or lack of bodily strength; weakness; debility.
Lack of accent or stress.
(Engineering) A fabrication process in which a material is stretched out into a thin shape.
A gradual reduction in personnel or membership because of resignation, retirement, or death, often viewed in contrast to reduction from layoffs.
A generally weakened, emaciated condition of the body, esp. as associated with a chronic illness
The state of being weak or feeble; infirmity.
Erosion is defined as the slow wearing away of something.
The definition of a flaw is a mark or error that makes something faulty.
The definition of foible is a small character flaw.
hypodynamia
hypokinesia
(Pathology) Slowed or diminished movement of the body.
hypokinesis
A condition of abnormally diminished muscular movement
Great stupidity or foolishness.
(Medicine) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food or water, or a physiological inability to utilize them; starvation.
The condition of being infirm, often as associated with old age; weakness or frailty:
A lack of interest or spirit; feeling of listlessness; indifference
Lassitude is defined as a feeling of lethargy or a lack of mental or physical energy.
Myasthenia gravis.
soft underbelly
tabes
Tabes dorsalis.
Lack of substance; rarity, as of air
(Uncountable) Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
To make inferior, impure, not genuine, etc. by adding a harmful, less valuable, or prohibited substance
To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
To sap the strength or energy of; enervate.
To make listless or ineffective; lower the vitality of; weaken
(Intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
(Comput.) To make (a device, a software function, etc.) inactive
To destroy the strength or force of; weaken
To exhaust is defined as to use up, tire out or discharge.
(Computing) To set a program variable to true.
To make incapable (of doing something)
To put on an air of sentimental tenderness or wistful melancholy
To render worthless, useless, or futile
Subvert is defined as to overthrow, destroy or undermine.
To injure, weaken, or impair, esp. by subtle, stealthy, or insidious means
To cause to droop or lose freshness:
bold (antonym)
Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous:
confident (antonym)
The definition of confident is to be certain about something or feeling sure of yourself and your abilities.
concentrated (antonym)
thick (antonym)
Hard to hear or understand, as from being husky or slurred:
Not firm or solid; weak or flimsy:
The definition of precarious is something dependent on forces or circumstances outside one's control.
The definition of incapable is not having the ability, strength or legal qualification to do something.
Without force or substance; insipid
(Idiomatic) weakened or simplified
Resembling water; watery.
Difficult to believe; not plausible.
Not likely to happen.
Unable to be conceived, unbelievable
So implausible as to elicit disbelief; unbelievable:
Incredible; so surprising it is almost unable to believe.
Inconceivable:
change (related)
Lacking stability
ability (related)
Not capable of accomplishing anything
Not perfect; having a defect, fault, or error
Devoid of sap; dry.
Lacking force, control, or effectiveness:
Lacking force; weak; feeble
(Often derogatory, of a man or boy) Having behaviour or mannerisms considered unmasculine or typical of a woman or girl; feminine.
(Often offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.
Suitable as a temporary or expedient substitute:
In disrepair; poorly maintained
Loose and rickety; likely to fall to pieces; shaky
Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity:
Lacking in capacity or experience
Synonym Study
- Decrepit implies a being broken down, worn out, or decayed, as by old age or long use a decrepit old pensioner, a decrepit sofa
- Infirm suggests a loss of strength or soundness, as through illness or age his infirm old grandfather
- Frail suggests an inherent or constitutional delicacy or weakness, so as to be easily broken or shattered a frail body, conscience, etc.
- Feeble suggests a pitiable weakness or ineffectiveness a feeble old man, a feeble joke
- Weak , the broadest in application of these words, basically implies a lack or inferiority of physical, mental, or moral strength a weak muscle, mind, character, foundation, excuse, etc.
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