Synonyms for weakness
Most common
feebleness vulnerability frailty debility imperfection flaw impotence
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Feebleness — the condition of being weak
feebleness, vulnerability, frailty, debility, delicacy, infirmity, lassitude, debilitation, languor, enervation, atony, frailness, vincibility
2. Imperfection — an inadequate quality; fault
imperfection, flaw, defect, deficiency, fault, hole, foible
3. Impotence
Definitions
- n. 1
The condition of being weak.
Near-synonyms: debility, frailty, vulnerability; vincibility
- n. 2
An inadequate quality; fault.
His inability to speak in front of an audience was his weakness.
- n. 3
A special fondness or obsessing desire.
She is an athlete who has a weakness for chocolate.
Forms
- Plural
- weaknesses → feeblenesses, vulnerabilities, frailties, debilities…
Example sentences
- vulnerability Sami preyed on Layla's openness and vulnerability.
- flaw I have one big flaw: finding flaws in others.
- imperfection Imperfection is part of being human.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| weakness | rising | |
| vulnerability | rising | |
| frailty | rising | |
| debility | steady | |
| feebleness | steady | |
| flaw | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hole1, flaw1
- 5 letters
- fault1, atony
- 6 letters
- defect2, foible2
- 7 letters
- failing2, frailty2, languor
- 8 letters
- delicacy4, fondness2, dilution3, debility4
- 9 letters
- impotence3, infirmity4, faintness2, lassitude, frailness
- 10 letters
- simplicity4, deficiency4, tenderness3, kryptonite3, feebleness, enervation
- 11 letters
- decrepitude, vincibility, impuissance
- 12 letters
- disadvantage4, helplessness3, imperfection4, debilitation
- 13 letters
- vulnerability6, accessibility6
- 15 letters
- ineffectiveness5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (defect2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- faiblesse
- Español
- debilidad
- Deutsch
- Machtlosigkeit