English noun: vulnerability | |||
1. | vulnerability (state) the state of being vulnerable or exposed | ||
Samples | His vulnerability to litigation. His exposure to ridicule. | ||
Synonyms | exposure | ||
Broader (hypernym) | danger | ||
2. | vulnerability (attribute) susceptibility to injury or attack | ||
Broader (hypernym) | weakness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | assailability, breakability, defencelessness, defenselessness, destructibility, exposure, fragility, frangibility, frangibleness, unprotectedness | ||
Antonyms | invulnerability | ||