Synonyms for weak
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : week |
| Phonetic Transcription : wik |
Top 10 synonyms for weak Other synonyms for the word weak
- accessible
- assailable
- bated
- debilitated
- decrepit
- defenseless
- delicate
- dilute
- diluted
- dim
- distant
- effete
- enervated
- exhausted
- faint
- faint-hearted
- faulty
- flabby
- flaccid
- flimsy
- fluctuant
- forceless
- frightened
- gentle
- green
- handicapped
- helpless
- hollow
- imperceptible
- implausible
- impotent
- improbable
- impuissant
- inaudible
- incompetent
- inconceivable
- inconclusive
- incredible
- indefensible
- indistinct
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inept
- infirm
- insecure
- insipid
- insubstantial
- invalid
- irresolute
- lackadaisical
- lacking
- laid-back
- lame
- languid
- languorous
- limited
- limp
- low
- makeshift
- milk-and-water
- muffled
- nerveless
- nervous
- out of gas
- pale
- palsied
- pathetic
- poor
- powerless
- prostrate
- puny
- quiet
- raw
- reedy
- rickety
- rocky
- rotten
- runny
- senile
- shaky
- shallow
- sickly
- slight
- slim
- sluggish
- small
- soft
- spent
- spindly
- spineless
- stifled
- substandard
- supine
- tasteless
- tender
- thick
- thin
- timorous
- torpid
- unaccented
- unbelievable
- uncertain
- unconvincing
- undependable
- unguarded
- unprepared
- unprotected
- unqualified
- unreliable
- unsafe
- unsatisfactory
- unsound
- unstable
- unsteady
- unstressed
- unsubstantial
- unsure
- untenable
- untrained
- vacillating
- wanting
- washy
- wasted
- waterish
- watery
- wavering
- weak-kneed
- weakened
- weakly
- whispered
- wide-open
- wimpy
- wishy-washy
- wobbly
- woundable
- zero
Définition of weak
Origin :- c.1300, from Old Norse veikr "weak," cognate with Old English wac "weak, pliant, soft," from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz "yield," *wikanan "bend" (cf. Old Saxon wek, Swedish vek, Middle Dutch weec, Dutch week "weak, soft, tender," Old High German weih "yielding, soft," German weich "soft," from PIE root *weik- "to bend, wind" (see vicarious). Sense of "lacking authority" is first recorded early 15c.; that of "lacking moral strength" late 14c. Weak-kneed "wanting in resolve" is from 1870.
- adj not strong
- adj cowardly
- adj faint, soft
- adj deficient, feeble
- adj exposed, vulnerable
- adj watered-down
- My hope is weak that I shall ever again see you, yet it is possible.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- When the Kings were weak the nobles often managed to get hold of the State.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Would he be strong or weak; and what would be weakness, and what strength, in a position so strange?
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- She had no affection for this selfish invalid, this weak, peevish bully.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- Also, as a rule, he was weak enough to accept a gift when the stranger parted.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He must either be strong and rule; or he must be weak and go down.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- They are father and mother, and he is the weak, sinning child.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- It isn't true that the weak and poor are to be envied beyond the powerful.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- I always was weak where the interests of the Argus were concerned.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
Antonyms for weak
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