Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus

wanting in physical strength

"a weak pillar"

weak

is derived from

weakness

antonym

strong

is similar to

lacking vigor or energy

"an anemic attempt to hit the baseball"

anaemic, anemic

is similar to

lacking strength or vigor

adynamic, asthenic, debilitated, enervated

is similar to

lacking strength or vigor

"damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"

faint, feeble

is similar to

pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

"a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

feeble, lame

is similar to

lacking solidity or strength

"a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"

flimsy

is similar to

of inferior workmanship and materials

"mean little jerry-built houses"

jerry-built, shoddy

is similar to

weak in willpower, courage or vitality

gutless, namby-pamby, spineless, wishy-washy

is similar to

(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

"the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

pale, pallid, sick, wan

is similar to

inferior in strength or significance

"a puny physique"; "puny excuses"

puny

is similar to

capable of being wounded or hurt

"vulnerable parts of the body"

vulnerable

is similar to

made weak or weaker

weakened

see also

physically untoughened

"tender feet"

tender, untoughened

is an attribute of

the property of being physically or mentally strong

"fatigue sapped his strength"

strength

overly diluted; thin and insipid

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

washy, watery, weak

(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"

light, unaccented, weak

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"

fallible, frail, imperfect, weak

tending downward in price

"a weak market for oil stocks"

weak

is derived from

weakness

is similar to

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

"lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

down

deficient or lacking in some skill

"he's weak in spelling"

weak

is similar to

not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency

"unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"

unskilled

lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

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

debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly

is derived from

weakness

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

weak

is similar to

in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle

"his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties"

regular

domain category

the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

grammar

not having authority, political strength, or governing power

"a weak president"

weak

is derived from

weakness

is similar to

lacking power

powerless

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"

faint, weak

likely to fail under stress or pressure

"the weak link in the chain"

weak

is derived from

weakness

is similar to

likely to fail or make errors

"everyone is fallible to some degree"

fallible

deficient in intelligence or mental power

"a weak mind"

weak

is similar to

lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

stupid

weak

adjectives