weak

  • (a) wanting in physical strength
    • a weak pillar
  • (s) overly diluted; thin and insipid
    • washy coffee
    • watery milk
    • weak tea
    washy, watery,
  • (s) (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
    • a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable
    • a weak stress on the second syllable
    unaccented, light,
  • (s) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
    • I'm only a fallible human
    • frail humanity
    fallible, frail, imperfect,
  • (s) tending downward in price
    • a weak market for oil stocks
  • (s) deficient or lacking in some skill
    • he's weak in spelling
  • (s) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
    • a feeble old woman
    • her body looked sapless
    debile, infirm, sapless, weakly, decrepit, feeble, rickety,
  • (s) (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
  • (s) not having authority, political strength, or governing power
    • a weak president
  • (s) deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
    • 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
    faint,
  • (s) likely to fail under stress or pressure
    • the weak link in the chain
  • (s) deficient in intelligence or mental power
    • a weak mind

Synonyms

washy watery unaccented light fallible frail imperfect debile infirm sapless weakly decrepit feeble rickety faint

Antonyms

strong

See also

delicate untoughened tender powerless

Words of close approximity

weal wean wear
web Wed wee Wei wen wet
weal wean wear Webb weed week weep weft Weil weir weka weld well welt wend west
weaken weakened weakener weakening weakfish weak force weak interaction weak-kneed weakling weakly weakly interacting massive particle weakness weak part weak point weak spot weak-stemmed