Synonyms for weak
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1. weakadjective

   Synonyms:
   feeble, powerless, watery, frail, dilute

   Antonyms:
   strong, healthy, robust, potent, powerful

2. weakadjective

   Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.

   Synonyms:
   powerless, frail, feeble, dilute, watery

   Antonyms:
   powerful, strong, potent, robust, healthy

3. weakadjective

   Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.

   We were served stale bread and weak tea.

   Synonyms:
   watery, dilute, powerless, feeble, frail

   Antonyms:
   potent, robust, strong, powerful, healthy

4. weakadjective

   Regular in inflection, especially of verbs.

   Synonyms:
   powerless, frail, watery, feeble, dilute

   Antonyms:
   strong, healthy, potent, powerful, robust

5. weakadjective

   One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.

   Synonyms:
   frail, feeble, powerless, watery, dilute

   Antonyms:
   strong, robust, powerful, healthy, potent

6. weakadjective

   Bad or uncool.

   This place is weak.

   Synonyms:
   watery, frail, dilute, powerless, feeble

   Antonyms:
   potent, strong, healthy, powerful, robust

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1. weak

   Faint, with the general sense of lacking strength or effectiveness, covers a wide range of meaning, signifying overcome with physical weakness or exhaustion, or lacking in purpose, courage, or energy, as said of persons; or lacking definiteness or distinctness of color or sound, as said of written characters, voices, or musical notes. A person may be faint when physically wearied, or when overcome with fear; he may be a faint adherent because naturally feeble or purposeless, or because half-hearted in the cause; he may be a faltering supporter because naturally irresolute or because faint-hearted and timid in view of perils that threaten, a listless worker, through want of mental energy and purpose. Written characters may be faint or dim, either because originally written with poor ink, or because they have become faded by time and exposure.

   Synonyms:
   dim, exhausted, faded, faint, faint-hearted, faltering, fatigued, feeble, half-hearted, ill-defined, indistinct, irresolute, languid, listless, purposeless, timid, wearied, worn, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   bright, brilliant, clear, conspicuous, daring, energetic, fresh, hearty, resolute, strong, sturdy, vigorous

   Preposition:
   Faint with hunger; faint in color.

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1. weak

   Synonyms:
   feeble, infirm, enfeebled, powerless, debile, fragile, incompact, inadhesive, pliant, frail, oft, tender, milk and water, flabby, flimsy, wishy washy, destructible, watery, diluted, imbecile, inefficient, spiritless, foolish, injudicious, unsound, undecided, unconfirmed, irrepressible, wavering, ductile, easy, malleable, unconvincing, inconclusive, vapid, pointless

   Antonyms:
   strong, vigorous, robust, muscular, nervous, powerful, tough, stout, lusty, sturdy, compact, adhesive, resistant, fibrous, hard, indistructible, potent, intoxicating, efficient, spirited, animated, wise, sound, judicious, cogent, valid, decided, determined, unwavering, stubborn, unyielding, inexorable, conclusive, irresistible, forcible, telling

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. weakadjective

   wanting in physical strength

   "a weak pillar"

   Synonyms:
   faint, debile, sapless, unaccented, washy, rickety, feeble, watery, light, weakly, imperfect, frail, fallible, infirm, decrepit

   Antonyms:
   well-knit, powerful, imperceptible, stressed, ironlike, muscular, infallible, strong, industrial-strength, knock-down(a), beefed-up, strengthened, skilled, noticeable, sinewy, bullocky, smart, brawny, nonhuman, unperceivable, virile, robust, undiluted, knockout, up, hard, hefty, stiff, weapons-grade, irregular, accented, beardown(a), fortified, vehement, reinforced, bullnecked, severe, well-set

2. watery, washy, weakadjective

   overly diluted; thin and insipid

   "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"

   Synonyms:
   watery, infirm, unaccented, weakly, debile, rickety, bleached, washy, faded, reeking, imperfect, washed-out, faint, decrepit, light, fallible, frail, feeble, sapless

   Antonyms:
   knock-down(a), industrial-strength, strong, hard, powerful, nonhuman, fortified, imperceptible, up, bullocky, undiluted, stressed, skilled, robust, virile, smart, well-knit, vehement, ironlike, unperceivable, weapons-grade, brawny, knockout, sinewy, beefed-up, accented, bullnecked, hefty, strengthened, well-set, noticeable, beardown(a), infallible, reinforced, stiff, muscular, severe, irregular

3. unaccented, light, weakadjective

   (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress

   "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"

   Synonyms:
   light-headed, lite, wanton, sapless, wakeful, faint, lightheaded, feeble, low-cal, decrepit, watery, lightsome, debile, light-colored, unaccented, weakly, easy, promiscuous, abstemious, atonic, unclouded, clean, light(a), frail, clear, idle, fallible, imperfect, infirm, tripping, short, scant(p), washy, rickety, sluttish, light, swooning, calorie-free, loose

   Antonyms:
   hard, undiluted, bullnecked, beardown(a), well-knit, severe, knock-down(a), muscular, strengthened, fortified, imperceptible, weapons-grade, industrial-strength, brawny, infallible, beefed-up, knockout, irregular, accented, bullocky, powerful, unperceivable, strong, robust, noticeable, smart, reinforced, skilled, ironlike, virile, nonhuman, up, sinewy, hefty, well-set, stressed, vehement, stiff

4. fallible, frail, imperfect, weakadjective

   wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

   "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

   Synonyms:
   watery, infirm, unaccented, weakly, imperfect, rickety, debile, delicate, sapless, frail, washy, faint, decrepit, light, fallible, feeble, fragile

   Antonyms:
   well-knit, weapons-grade, hefty, strong, bullocky, knock-down(a), well-set, irregular, severe, powerful, nonhuman, undiluted, noticeable, vehement, imperceptible, stressed, strengthened, beardown(a), ironlike, brawny, up, smart, accented, bullnecked, infallible, industrial-strength, reinforced, virile, muscular, sinewy, knockout, skilled, hard, fortified, stiff, robust, beefed-up, unperceivable

5. weakadjective

   tending downward in price

   "a weak market for oil stocks"

   Synonyms:
   faint, debile, sapless, unaccented, washy, rickety, feeble, watery, light, weakly, imperfect, frail, fallible, infirm, decrepit

   Antonyms:
   knockout, irregular, powerful, bullocky, undiluted, industrial-strength, severe, virile, muscular, accented, noticeable, infallible, strengthened, beefed-up, up, robust, hefty, bullnecked, stressed, ironlike, knock-down(a), fortified, reinforced, nonhuman, weapons-grade, smart, sinewy, vehement, well-knit, strong, stiff, beardown(a), imperceptible, hard, brawny, skilled, well-set, unperceivable

6. weakadjective

   deficient or lacking in some skill

   "he's weak in spelling"

   Synonyms:
   faint, debile, sapless, unaccented, washy, rickety, feeble, watery, light, weakly, imperfect, frail, fallible, infirm, decrepit

   Antonyms:
   skilled, brawny, beardown(a), ironlike, fortified, severe, reinforced, undiluted, irregular, industrial-strength, robust, strong, well-knit, bullocky, beefed-up, hard, up, nonhuman, smart, strengthened, powerful, muscular, vehement, well-set, knockout, stressed, infallible, sinewy, accented, unperceivable, hefty, noticeable, stiff, knock-down(a), bullnecked, virile, weapons-grade, imperceptible

7. decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weaklyadjective

   lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

   "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

   Synonyms:
   watery, infirm, unaccented, washy, shaky, weakly, debile, rickety, woebegone, lame, rachitic, nerveless, run-down, wonky, imperfect, creaky, faint, frail, decrepit, light, fallible, flea-bitten, wobbly, feeble, derelict, sapless

   Antonyms:
   knock-down(a), muscular, sinewy, irregular, infallible, powerful, stiff, strengthened, beefed-up, well-knit, imperceptible, unperceivable, brawny, nonhuman, accented, bullnecked, noticeable, stressed, reinforced, vehement, skilled, severe, smart, beardown(a), bullocky, hefty, robust, hard, industrial-strength, up, strong, well-set, ironlike, weapons-grade, knockout, fortified, virile, undiluted

8. weakadjective

   (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection

   Synonyms:
   faint, debile, sapless, unaccented, washy, rickety, feeble, watery, light, weakly, imperfect, frail, fallible, infirm, decrepit

   Antonyms:
   robust, hefty, noticeable, powerful, virile, stiff, well-knit, bullocky, beefed-up, vehement, strengthened, fortified, unperceivable, weapons-grade, smart, reinforced, industrial-strength, bullnecked, ironlike, irregular, stressed, undiluted, hard, up, imperceptible, skilled, beardown(a), knockout, brawny, muscular, severe, strong, knock-down(a), accented, nonhuman, well-set, sinewy, infallible

9. weakadjective

   not having authority, political strength, or governing power

   "a weak president"

   Synonyms:
   faint, debile, sapless, unaccented, washy, rickety, feeble, watery, light, weakly, imperfect, frail, fallible, infirm, decrepit

   Antonyms:
   sinewy, accented, fortified, ironlike, robust, vehement, powerful, severe, beefed-up, knock-down(a), skilled, beardown(a), well-set, industrial-strength, strong, stressed, hard, bullnecked, knockout, stiff, smart, bullocky, imperceptible, undiluted, muscular, brawny, virile, noticeable, infallible, strengthened, well-knit, irregular, weapons-grade, nonhuman, up, unperceivable, reinforced, hefty

10. faint, weakadjective

    deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

    "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse"

    Synonyms:
    watery, dim, unaccented, weakly, swooning, faint, rickety, debile, vague, faint-hearted, fainthearted, washy, timid, light-headed, lightheaded, decrepit, wispy, light, shadowy, fallible, frail, feeble, imperfect, infirm, sapless

    Antonyms:
    skilled, stressed, knock-down(a), muscular, nonhuman, weapons-grade, powerful, beardown(a), virile, imperceptible, strengthened, ironlike, vehement, bullnecked, sinewy, noticeable, robust, unperceivable, up, knockout, smart, accented, infallible, undiluted, strong, hard, severe, irregular, stiff, beefed-up, industrial-strength, hefty, well-set, reinforced, fortified, bullocky, well-knit, brawny

11. weakadjective

    likely to fail under stress or pressure

    "the weak link in the chain"

    Synonyms:
    faint, debile, sapless, unaccented, washy, rickety, feeble, watery, light, weakly, imperfect, frail, fallible, infirm, decrepit

    Antonyms:
    strengthened, weapons-grade, reinforced, muscular, powerful, undiluted, industrial-strength, stiff, unperceivable, noticeable, beardown(a), fortified, hefty, virile, vehement, well-knit, robust, brawny, ironlike, knock-down(a), stressed, nonhuman, bullnecked, irregular, well-set, infallible, severe, skilled, strong, up, beefed-up, knockout, sinewy, bullocky, hard, accented, smart, imperceptible

12. weakadjective

    deficient in intelligence or mental power

    "a weak mind"

    Synonyms:
    faint, debile, sapless, unaccented, washy, rickety, feeble, watery, light, weakly, imperfect, frail, fallible, infirm, decrepit

    Antonyms:
    fortified, noticeable, undiluted, hefty, beefed-up, stiff, accented, smart, powerful, up, well-knit, virile, weapons-grade, robust, knockout, brawny, nonhuman, muscular, knock-down(a), industrial-strength, imperceptible, strengthened, sinewy, stressed, skilled, hard, ironlike, unperceivable, reinforced, severe, bullocky, bullnecked, strong, vehement, infallible, well-set, beardown(a), irregular

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1. unempowered

   a lack of: ability, capacity, authority.

   paul was made powerless by his boss's refusal to sign the letter of authorisation.

   Submitted by rinat on February 22, 2016  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. weakadjective

   Synonyms:
   feeble, languid, weakly, not strong, not vigorous

2. weakadjective

   Synonyms:
   sickly, debilitated, unhealthy, unsound, infirm, frail, delicate, tender, valetudinary, valetudinarian, invalid

3. weakadjective

   Synonyms:
   defenceless, unguarded, exposed, unprotected

4. weakadjective

   Synonyms:
   lax, soft, pliant, imperfect

5. weakadjective

   Synonyms:
   pliable, pusillanimous, easily influenced, without any backbone, dough-faced

6. weakadjective

   Synonyms:
   shallow, simple, silly, senseless, witless, stupid, foolish, DAFT, childish, inept

7. weakadjective

   Synonyms:
   unwise, injudicious, foolish, indiscreet, erring, peccable

8. weakadjective

   Synonyms:
   low, faint, small, inconsiderable

9. weakadjective

   Synonyms:
   thin, watery, diluted, waterish

10. weakadjective

    Synonyms:
    10. sleazy, flimsy, slight, poor

11. weakadjective

    Synonyms:
    poor, inconclusive, unconvincing, unsatisfactory, lame, not forcible, not cogent

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1. weakadjective

   Synonyms:
   feeble, infirm, debilitated, weakly, fragile, delicate, invalid, emasculated, enervated, vulnerable, assailable, unguarded, unprotected, exposed, frail, pliant, tender, peccable, fallible, errable, erring, indiscreet, impotent, ineffectual, inefficacious, ineffective, illogical, unsustained, inconclusive, lame, unsatisfactory, vacillating, irresolute, wavering, unstable, diluted, thin, insipid, vapid, slight, gauzy, sleazy, flimsy, brittle, fragile, unsound, unsubstantial, defective, unsafe, rickety

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1. List of paraphrases for "weak":

   low, feeble, fragile, poor, vulnerable, weakness, zaeef, weakened, small, tenuous, shaky, flimsy, frail, deficient, faint, little, sluggish, soft, insufficient, inadequate, lackluster, precarious, slack, powerless, weaker, slight

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How to use weak in a sentence?

1. Matthew Roberts:

   He was so weak, but he just wanted to stand over her.

2. Guo Lei:

   We think the move is aimed to ease pressure on China's weak exports performance in recent months and relieve imported deflation pressure.

3. Jesse Edgerton:

   This poor performance reflects energy firms struggling with lower oil prices and manufacturing firms hit by the strong dollar, but it also likely reflects the beginnings of a profit margin squeeze driven by tighter labor markets, rising wages, and weak productivity growth.

4. Nick Marro:

   Weak growth in Chinese exports to the U.S. will also be concerning to Chinese officials, particularly amid a potential escalation in the trade war, the data will add more urgency to the trade negotiations this week and could push China more forcefully towards an agreement, despite its past reluctance to negotiate under threat.

5. Brett Sholtis:

   I was one of those soldiers who could n’t be located, they made a weak effort and then immediately proceeded to step two — turning it over to Treasury.