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Synonyms for wishy-washy

  • adjective

Most common

watered-down dilute spineless namby-pamby vacillating feeble

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Weak — thin or watery

weak, watered-down, thin, watery, diluted, dilute

2. Namby-pamby

namby-pamby, spineless, gutless

3. Vacillating — wavering; lacking in commitment, certainty, support, and (often) clarity; namby-pamby

vacillating, vacillatory

Other

feeble

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Wavering; lacking in commitment, certainty, support, and (often) clarity; namby-pamby.

    Near-synonyms: vacillating, vacillatory

  2. adj. 2

    Thin or watery.

    Near-synonyms: watered-down, diluted, dilute

Related words

Word family
wish-wash

Example sentences

  • dilute Can I use this solvent to dilute my sample?
  • spineless Tom is a gutless, spineless, gormless, underachieving twat.
  • vacillating After a lot of vacillating, I agreed to his request.
  • feeble The feeble patient is suffering from stomach cancer.

By length

4 letters
weak1, thin1
6 letters
watery3, dilute2, feeble2
7 letters
diluted3, gutless2
9 letters
spineless2
11 letters
vacillating4, vacillatory

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (watery3 = 3 syllables).

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