Weakness Synonyms and Antonyms

wēknĭs
An instance or manner of being weak
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. failing
  2. fault
  3. deficiency
  4. shortcoming
  5. defect
  6. disturbance
  7. lapse
  8. frailty
  9. vice
  10. foible
  11. sore-point
  12. gap
  13. helplessness
  14. vulnerability
  15. flaw
  16. instability
  17. infirmity
  18. indecision
  19. inconstancy
  20. weak point
  21. impuissance
Antonyms:
  1. strength
  2. strong point
  3. virtue
  4. good

Words Related to Weakness

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. hunger
  2. strong
  3. better
  4. like
  5. help
  6. inadequacy
  7. resistance-to-change

Weakness Sentence Examples

  • The memory of her weakness for him was all too fresh.

  • At the first sight of weakness, her cause would be lost.

  • Weakness in neighbors is regarded as an opportunity for conquest or, at least, coercion.

  • But even then, at moments of weakness as he had accounted them, his mind had penetrated to those distances and he had there seen the same pettiness, worldliness, and senselessness.

  • Nature is as well adapted to our weakness as to our strength.

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