Dictionary entry details
• WEAK (adjective)
Meaning:
Having little physical or spiritual strength
Context example:
a weak link
Similar:
weakened (made weak or weaker)
vulnerable (capable of being wounded or hurt)
puny (inferior in strength or significance)
pale; pallid; sick; wan ((of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble)
gutless; namby-pamby; spineless; wishy-washy (weak in willpower, courage or vitality)
jerry-built; shoddy (of inferior workmanship and materials)
flimsy; fragile (lacking solidity or strength and liable to break)
flimsy; slight; tenuous; thin (having little substance or significance)
flaccid; lax; limp; slack (lacking in strength or firmness or resilience)
feeble; lame (pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness)
faint; feeble; adynamic; asthenic; debilitated; enervated (lacking strength or vigor)
anaemic; anemic (lacking vigor or energy)
Also:
tender; untoughened (physically untoughened)
delicate (exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury)
powerless (lacking power)
Attribute:
strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)
Antonym:
strong (having strength or power greater than average or expected)
Meaning:
Overly diluted; thin and insipid
Synonyms:
washy; weak; watery
Context examples:
washy coffee / watery milk / weak tea
Similar:
dilute; diluted (reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity)
Meaning:
Used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress
Synonyms:
unaccented; weak; light
Context examples:
a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable / a weak stress on the second syllable
Similar:
unstressed (not bearing a stress or accent)
Meaning:
Having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
Synonyms:
fallible; frail; imperfect; weak
Context examples:
I'm only a fallible human / frail humanity
Similar:
human (having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings)
Meaning:
Tending downward in price
Context example:
a weak market for oil stocks
Similar:
down (being or moving lower in position or less in some value)
Meaning:
Deficient or lacking in some skill
Context example:
he's weak in spelling
Similar:
unskilled (not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency)
Meaning:
Lacking physical strength or vitality
Synonyms:
weakly; sapless; infirm; debile; decrepit; feeble; rickety; weak
Context examples:
a feeble old woman / her body looked sapless
Similar:
frail (physically weak)
Meaning:
(used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
Similar:
regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics or morphology))
Meaning:
Not having authority, political strength, or governing power
Context example:
a weak president
Similar:
powerless (lacking power)
Meaning:
Deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
Synonyms:
faint; weak
Context examples:
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
Similar:
perceptible (capable of being perceived by the mind or senses)
Meaning:
Likely to fail under stress or pressure
Context example:
the weak link in the chain
Similar:
fallible (likely to fail or make errors)
Meaning:
Deficient in intelligence or mental power
Context example:
a weak mind
Similar:
stupid (lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity)
