Synonyms for lamé
læˈmeɪ, lɑ-lamé

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lame

   Synonyms:
   weak, faltering, hobbling, hesitating, ineffective, impotent, crippled, halt, defective, imperfect

   Antonyms:
   robust, agile, potent, efficient, satisfactory, cogent, convincing, tolling, effective

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1. square, lamenoun

   someone who doesn't understand what is going on

   Synonyms:
   foursquare, square toes, square, public square, second power, lame

   Antonyms:
   fit, strong

2. lameadjective

   a fabric interwoven with threads of metal

   "she wore a gold lame dress"

   Synonyms:
   square

   Antonyms:
   strong, fit

3. feeble, lameadjective

   pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

   "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

   Synonyms:
   rickety, faint, debile, halt, nerveless, lame, sapless, halting, crippled, weakly, feeble, gimpy, infirm, decrepit, game, weak

   Antonyms:
   fit, strong

4. crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, gameverb

   disabled in the feet or legs

   "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

   Synonyms:
   mettlesome, crippled, halt, spirited, lame, halting, gamy, gritty, feeble, gamey, spunky, gimpy, game

   Antonyms:
   fit, strong

5. cripple, lameverb

   deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

   "The accident has crippled her for life"

   Synonyms:
   cripple, stultify, lame

   Antonyms:
   strong, fit

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1. lameadjective

   Synonyms:
   crippled, halt, hobbling

2. lameadjective

   Synonyms:
   defective, imperfect

3. lameadjective

   Synonyms:
   insufficient, unsatisfactory, weak, feeble, poor

4. lameverb

   Synonyms:
   cripple, make lame

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1. lameadjective

   Synonyms:
   crippled, hobbling, limping, halt, deformed, game, maimed, disabled, inconclusive, unconvincing, inefficient, feeble, unsatisfactory

2. lameverb

   Synonyms:
   disable, maim, cripple, hamstring

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "lame":

   pathetic, nil, null, zero, limp, blade, boring, rotten

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1. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   I can't imagine that a Republican majority Congress in a lame duck session after the American people have spoken would want to confirm a nominee opposed by the NRA, the NFIB, and the New York Times says would move the court dramatically to the left, this nomination ought to be made by the next president.

2. Jeremy Grantham:

   They have had basically a lost 20 years, and in addition a fairly lame 10 years.

3. Sunny Hostin:

   She should have worn a mask. That's a lame excuse.

4. Chicago Bears:

   I’d like to punch him in his face, when you see that, that’s your first reaction, right? I don’t care if you’re right. I don’t care what his excuse is, that just is your first reaction. To me, that’s a lame excuse. … Just because you’re right doesn’t make you right for doing it.

5. Tony Evers:

   It is now abundantly clear that the lame-duck session was nothing more than an illegal power grab intended to override the will of the people.