Antonyms for lame
læˈmeɪ, lɑ-lame

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1. lame

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

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

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1. square, lamenoun

   someone who doesn't understand what is going on

   Antonyms:
   fit, strong

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

2. lameadjective

   a fabric interwoven with threads of metal

   "she wore a gold lame dress"

   Antonyms:
   strong, fit

   Synonyms:
   square

3. feeble, lameadjective

   pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

   "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

   Antonyms:
   fit, strong

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

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

   disabled in the feet or legs

   "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

   Antonyms:
   fit, strong

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

5. cripple, lameverb

   deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

   "The accident has crippled her for life"

   Antonyms:
   strong, fit

   Synonyms:
   cripple, stultify

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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

How to use lame in a sentence?

1. Charles Dickens:

   Somehow he Tim gets thoughtful sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant for them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see.

2. Albert Einstein:

   Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.

3. Victor Paul Alvarez:

   I know that I'm not that guy, the person who was struggling to put topspin on a story and came up with that lame joke, I know that's not me. Now I'm trying to figure out the writer I'm going to be.

4. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   The president nominates. The Senate confirms. The American people should have a voice, not this lame duck president out the door.

5. Jesse Watters:

   [Biden] opened up huge problems with this answer, joe just lame-ducked himself in front of our allies, in front of our enemies. They could just wait him out if he's only going to be around for maybe three more years.

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