| ADJECTIVE | all | weak | wanting in physical strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | weak, watery, washy | overly diluted | |
| all | weak, unaccented, light | (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress | |
| all | weak, fallible, frail, imperfect | wanting in moral strength, courage, or will | |
| all | weak | tending downward in price | |
| all | weak | deficient or lacking in some skill | |
| all | weak, decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weakly | lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | |
| all | weak | (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection | |
| all | weak | not having authority, political strength, or governing power | |
| all | weak, faint | deficient in magnitude | |
| all | weak | likely to fail under stress or pressure | |
| all | weak | deficient in intelligence or mental power |
| Sounds | wiy'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | antique ... wreak: 54 rhymes with iyk... | |
| Meaning | overly diluted; thin and insipid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "weak tea" | |
| Synonyms | watery, washy | |
| Broader | diluted, dilute | Reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity |
| Spanish | acuoso, aguado | |
| Catalan | aigualit, aquós | |
| Meaning | (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a weak stress on the second syllable" | |
| Synonyms | unaccented, light | |
| Broader | unstressed | not bearing a stress or accent |
| Spanish | átono | |
| Meaning | Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | fallible, frail, imperfect | |
| Broader | human | Having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings |
| Spanish | débil, falible, frágil, imperfecto | |
| Catalan | dèbil, fal·lible, frágil, imperfecte | |
| Meaning | tending downward in price. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a weak market for oil stocks" | |
| Broader | down | Being or moving lower in position or less in some value |
| Nouns | weakness | the condition of being financially weak |
| Meaning | Deficient or lacking in some skill. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he's weak in spelling" | |
| Broader | unskilled | not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency / proficiency |
| Meaning | lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weakly | |
| Broader | frail | physically weak |
| Spanish | débil, decrépito, enfermizo | |
| Catalan | dèbil, decrèpit, feble, malaltís | |
| Nouns | weakness | the property of lacking physical or mental strength |
| Meaning | (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | grammar | The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
| Broader | regular | In accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle |
| Spanish | feble, regular | |
| Meaning | not having authority, political strength, or governing power. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a weak president" | |
| Broader | powerless | lacking power |
| Nouns | weakness | powerlessness revealed by an inability to act |
| Meaning | Deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc. | |
|---|---|---|
| Examples |
| |
| Synonym | faint | |
| Broader | perceptible | capable of being perceived by the mind or senses |
| Spanish | débil, tenue | |
| Meaning | likely to fail under stress or pressure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the weak link in the chain" | |
| Broader | fallible | likely to fail or make errors |
| Nouns | weakness | a flaw or weak point |
| Meaning | Deficient in intelligence or mental power. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a weak mind" | |
| Broader | stupid | lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity |
©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact
English |
Spanish |
Catalan
Privacy |
Robots