weak
1. wanting in physical strength (Freq. 13)
- a weak pillar
• Ant:
strong
• Similar to:
anemic, anaemic, adynamic, asthenic, debilitated,
enervated, faint, feeble, lame, flimsy, jerry-built,
shoddy, namby-pamby, gutless, spineless, wishy-washy, pale,
pallid, wan, sick, puny, vulnerable, weakened
• See Also:
delicate, tender, untoughened, powerless
• Derivationally related forms:
weakness
• Attrubites:
strength
2. overly diluted;
thin and insipid (Freq. 3)
- washy coffee
- watery milk
- weak tea
• Syn:
watery, washy
• Similar to:
diluted, dilute
• Derivationally related forms:
wateriness (for: watery)
3. wanting in moral strength, courage, or will;
having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings (Freq. 1)
- I'm only a fallible human
- frail humanity
• Syn:
fallible, frail, imperfect
• Similar to:
human
• Derivationally related forms:
imperfectness (for: imperfect)
4. (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress (Freq. 1)
- a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable
- a weak stress on the second syllable
• Syn:
unaccented, light
• Similar to:
unstressed
5. tending downward in price
- a weak market for oil stocks
• Similar to:
down
• Derivationally related forms:
weakness
6. deficient or lacking in some skill
- he's weak in spelling
• Similar to:
unskilled
7. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- a feeble old woman
- her body looked sapless
• Syn:
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety,
sapless, weakly
• Similar to:
frail
• Derivationally related forms:
weakness, infirmity (for: infirm), feebleness (for: feeble), debility (for: debile)
8. (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
• Similar to:
regular
• Topics:
grammar
9. not having authority, political strength, or governing power
- a weak president
• Similar to:
powerless
• Derivationally related forms:
weakness
10. 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
• Syn:
faint
• Similar to:
perceptible
• Derivationally related forms:
faintness (for: faint)
11. likely to fail under stress or pressure
- the weak link in the chain
• Similar to:
fallible
• Derivationally related forms:
weakness
12. deficient in intelligence or mental power
- a weak mind
• Similar to:
stupid
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