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English adjective: weak | |||
| 1. | weak wanting in physical strength | ||
| Samples | A weak pillar. | ||
| Similar | adynamic, anaemic, anemic, asthenic, debilitated, enervated, faint, feeble, feeble, flimsy, gutless, jerry-built, lame, namby-pamby, pale, pallid, puny, shoddy, sick, spineless, vulnerable, wan, weakened, wishy-washy | ||
| See also | delicate, powerless, tender, untoughened | ||
| Attribute | strength | ||
| Antonyms | strong | ||
| 2. | weak overly diluted; thin and insipid | ||
| Samples | Washy coffee. Watery milk. Weak tea. | ||
| Synonyms | washy, watery | ||
| Similar | dilute, diluted | ||
| Antonyms | undiluted | ||
| 3. | weak (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress | ||
| Samples | A syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable. A weak stress on the second syllable. | ||
| Synonyms | light, unaccented | ||
| Similar | unstressed | ||
| Antonyms | accented, stressed | ||
| 4. | weak wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | ||
| Samples | I'm only a fallible human. Frail humanity. | ||
| Synonyms | fallible, frail, imperfect | ||
| Similar | human | ||
| Antonyms | nonhuman | ||
| 5. | weak tending downward in price | ||
| Samples | A weak market for oil stocks. | ||
| Similar | down | ||
| Antonyms | up | ||
| 6. | weak deficient or lacking in some skill | ||
| Samples | He's weak in spelling. | ||
| Similar | unskilled | ||
| Antonyms | skilled | ||
| 7. | weak lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | ||
| Samples | A feeble old woman. Her body looked sapless. | ||
| Synonyms | debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weakly | ||
| Similar | frail | ||
| Antonyms | robust | ||
| 8. | weak (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection | ||
| Similar | regular | ||
| Domain category | grammar | ||
| Antonyms | irregular | ||
| 9. | weak not having authority, political strength, or governing power | ||
| Samples | A weak president. | ||
| Similar | powerless | ||
| Antonyms | powerful | ||
| 10. | weak deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc | ||
| Samples | 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 | faint | ||
| Similar | perceptible | ||
| Antonyms | imperceptible, unperceivable | ||
| 11. | weak likely to fail under stress or pressure | ||
| Samples | The weak link in the chain. | ||
| Similar | fallible | ||
| Antonyms | infallible | ||
| 12. | weak deficient in intelligence or mental power | ||
| Samples | A weak mind. | ||
| Similar | stupid | ||
| Antonyms | smart | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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