weak

The word “weak” has 1 syllable: weak

It's pronounced as /wiːk/

What is synonym and antonym for weak?

In the thesaurus, “weak” has 262 synonyms and 137 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for weak along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for weak

absurd
accessible
adulterated
anemic
asinine
assailable
asthenic
bated
breakable
broken-down
challenged
characterless
corrupt
cowardly
craven
damaged
dastardly
debilitated
decrepit
defenseless
delicate
dilute
diluted
dim
disabled
disordered
disorganized
distant
dizzy
down-and-out
drained
dull
effete
emasculated
enervated
enfeebled
epicene
eristic
eristical
exhausted
faint
faint-hearted
fainthearted
fallacious
faulty
feeble
flabby
flaccid
flagging
flimsy
fluctuant
foolish
forceless
fragile
frail
frightened
gentle
green
groggy
half-baked
hamstrung
handcuffed
harmed
helpless
hesitant
high and dry
hog-tied
hollow
hurt
ill-advised
illegitimate
illogical
immature
impaired
imperceptible
implausible
impotent
improbable
impuissant
inadequate
inaudible
incapable
incapacitated
incompetent
incomplete
inconceivable
inconclusive
inconsequent
inconsequential
inconsistent
incredible
indecisive
indefensible
indistinct
ineffective
ineffectual
inept
inexplicable
infirm
injured
insane
insecure
insipid
insubstantial
invalid
invertebrate
irrational
irresolute
kafkaesque
lackadaisical
lacking
lamblike
lame
languid
languorous
lily-livered
limited
limp
limp-wristed
low
mad
makeshift
meaningless
meek
milk-and-water
misguided
misleading
muffled
namby-pamby
nebbishy
nerveless
nervous
nonrational
nonsensical
nutty
odd
out of gas
pale
paralyzed
passive
pathetic
peculiar
pliable
poltroon
poor
powerless
preposterous
prostrate
prostrated
puny
pusillanimous
quiet
rambling
random
raw
reasonless
reedy
resistless
rickety
rocky
rotten
runny
sapped
senile
senseless
shaky
shallow
sickly
silly
sissy
slight
slim
sluggish
small
soft
softened
sophistic
sophistical
specious
spent
spindly
spineless
stifled
strange
submissive
substandard
supine
surreal
susceptible
tasteless
tender
thick
thin
thinned
timid
timorous
tired
torpid
unaccented
unaccountable
unaggressive
unbelievable
uncertain
unconsidered
unconvincing
undependable
unexplainable
unfit
unguarded
unnerved
unprepared
unprincipled
unprotected
unqualified
unreasonable
unreasoned
unreasoning
unreliable
unresistant
unsafe
unsatisfactory
unscrupulous
unsound
unstable
unsteady
unstressed
unsubstantial
unsure
untenable
untrained
unusual
useless
vacillating
villainous
vulnerable
wacky
wanting
washy
wasted
watered-down
waterish
watery
wavering
weak-kneed
weakened
weakling
weakly
weary
weird
wet
whacky
whispered
wide-open
wimpish
wimpy
wishy-washy
wobbly
woozy
worn-out
woundable
yielding
zero

Antonyms for weak

able
able-bodied
adequate
athletic
authoritarian
autocratic
autocratical
backboned
beefy
bold
brave
brawny
capable
certain
clear
cogent
commonsense
compelling
competent
concentrated
condensed
confident
confirmed
convalescing
convincing
corroborated
courageous
credible
demonstrated
despotic
determined
dictatorial
dominant
dynamic
effective
efficient
energetic
energized
enlightened
enough
enriched
established
ethical
evaporated
firm
fit
forceful
fortified
full-bodied
good
guarded
hale
hard
hardened
hardy
healthy
hearty
high-level
husky
important
informed
inured
invigorated
just
justified
logical
loud
lusty
magisterial
major
mettlesome
mighty
moral
muscular
noisy
ordered
organized
persuasive
plausible
potent
powerful
principled
protected
puissant
rational
reasonable
reasoned
recovering
recuperating
red-blooded
resolute
rich
right
righteous
robust
rugged
safe
sane
satisfying
secure
senior
sensible
significant
sinewy
sober
solid
sound
stable
stalwart
stout
stouthearted
strapping
strengthened
strong
sturdy
substantiated
sufficient
sure
thick
top
tough
toughened
true
tyrannic
tyrannical
unbreakable
unrelenting
upright
valid
validated
vigorous
virile
virtuous
vitalized
well-founded
well-grounded
wise

Meanings of weak

adjective
1. Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
2. Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
3. Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
4. Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
5. (grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:.
6. That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
7. One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
8. Bad or uncool.
9. Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.).
10. Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
11. Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
12. Lacking in vigour or expression.
13. Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
14. Tending towards lower prices.
15. Lacking contrast.

Example Sentences

He felt weak after recovering from the flu.
The bridge was too weak to support the heavy truck.
Her voice was weak, but her message was strong.
They lost the game due to a weak defense.
The coffee tasted weak and watered down.

On this page you'll find 399 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to weak, such as: able, able-bodied, absurd, accessible, adequate, adulterated, anemic.

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