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Synonyms for feeble

  • adjective

Most common

weak infirm faint frail

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Weak — lacking force, vigor, or effectiveness in action or expression; faint

weak, infirm, faint, frail, sickly, debilitated, impotent, puny, flimsy, ineffectual, enfeebled, poor, low, dim, languid, drooping, weakly, paltry, little, helpless, languishing, feckless

Other

lame, nerveless, forceless, wet slang UK

Antonyms

strong, powerful, robust

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Lacking force, vigor, or effectiveness in action or expression; faint.

    That was a feeble excuse for an example.

Related words

Word family
feeble-minded feebleness feebly

Example sentences

  • faint Faint footprints in the dust lead off to the east.
  • frail Don't embrace me in such a manner. I'm so frail!
  • sickly Since childhood, Boldi has been a very sickly boy.
  • lame Now the President is nothing but a lame duck.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
feeblesteady
faintrising
frailrising
sicklyrising
infirmfalling
lamerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
low1, wet1, dim1
4 letters
poor1, weak1, lame1, puny2
5 letters
faint1, frail1
6 letters
little2, weakly2, flimsy2, sickly2, paltry2, infirm2
7 letters
languid2
8 letters
helpless2, impotent3, drooping2, feckless2
9 letters
enfeebled3, nerveless, forceless
11 letters
ineffectual5, languishing3, debilitated5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (puny2 = 2 syllables).