Thesaurus:weak

Thesaurus:weak

THESAURUS

weak

English

Synonyms

• anemic

• breakable

• broken-down

• damaged

• debilitated

• decrepit

• delicate

• effete

• enervated

• enfeebled

• exhausted

• faint

• feeble

• flimsy

• fragile    [WS]

• frail

• harmed

• hurt    [WS]

• impaired

• impotent

• infirm

• injured

• languid

• low

• powerless

• prostrated

• prostrate

• puny

• raddled

• resistless

• sapped

• slightsoft

• softened

• susceptible

• tender

• tired

• torpid

• unresistant

• vincible

• vulnerable

• wasted

• weakened

• weary

• weedy (Britain, Ireland)

• wimpy

• worn out

• yielding

Antonyms

• able-bodied

• athletic

• beefy

• brawny

• capable    [WS]

• competent

• durable

• firm

• fit

• fortified

• hale

• hardened

• hardy

• healthy    [WS]

• invincible

• mighty

• muscular

• powerful

• robust

• rugged

• sinewy

• sound    [WS]

• stalwart

• stout

• strapping    [WS]

• strengthened

• strong

• sturdy

• toughened

• tough

• vigorous

• virile

• vitalized

Hyponyms

• depleted    [WS]

• deteriorated    [WS]

• scrawny    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:weak spot

Further reading

• Wiktionary:Roget_Thesaurus_Classification

  Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations

  Section VIII. Causation

  2. Connection between Cause and Effect

  160. “weakness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

• “weak” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.