Antonyms for weak
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1. weakadjective

   Antonyms:
   strong, healthy, robust, potent, powerful

   Synonyms:
   feeble, powerless, watery, frail, dilute

2. weakadjective

   Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.

   Antonyms:
   powerful, strong, potent, robust, healthy

   Synonyms:
   powerless, frail, feeble, dilute, watery

3. weakadjective

   Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.

   We were served stale bread and weak tea.

   Antonyms:
   potent, robust, strong, powerful, healthy

   Synonyms:
   watery, dilute, powerless, feeble, frail

4. weakadjective

   Regular in inflection, especially of verbs.

   Antonyms:
   strong, healthy, potent, powerful, robust

   Synonyms:
   powerless, frail, watery, feeble, dilute

5. weakadjective

   One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.

   Antonyms:
   strong, robust, powerful, healthy, potent

   Synonyms:
   frail, feeble, powerless, watery, dilute

6. weakadjective

   Bad or uncool.

   This place is weak.

   Synonyms:
   watery, frail, dilute, powerless, feeble

   Antonyms:
   potent, strong, healthy, powerful, robust

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. weak

   Faint, with the general sense of lacking strength or effectiveness, covers a wide range of meaning, signifying overcome with physical weakness or exhaustion, or lacking in purpose, courage, or energy, as said of persons; or lacking definiteness or distinctness of color or sound, as said of written characters, voices, or musical notes. A person may be faint when physically wearied, or when overcome with fear; he may be a faint adherent because naturally feeble or purposeless, or because half-hearted in the cause; he may be a faltering supporter because naturally irresolute or because faint-hearted and timid in view of perils that threaten, a listless worker, through want of mental energy and purpose. Written characters may be faint or dim, either because originally written with poor ink, or because they have become faded by time and exposure.

   Antonyms:
   bright, brilliant, clear, conspicuous, daring, energetic, fresh, hearty, resolute, strong, sturdy, vigorous

   Synonyms:
   dim, exhausted, faded, faint, faint-hearted, faltering, fatigued, feeble, half-hearted, ill-defined, indistinct, irresolute, languid, listless, purposeless, timid, wearied, worn, worn down, worn out

   Preposition:
   Faint with hunger; faint in color.

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

1. weak

   Antonyms:
   strong, vigorous, robust, muscular, nervous, powerful, tough, stout, lusty, sturdy, compact, adhesive, resistant, fibrous, hard, indistructible, potent, intoxicating, efficient, spirited, animated, wise, sound, judicious, cogent, valid, decided, determined, unwavering, stubborn, unyielding, inexorable, conclusive, irresistible, forcible, telling

   Synonyms:
   feeble, infirm, enfeebled, powerless, debile, fragile, incompact, inadhesive, pliant, frail, oft, tender, milk and water, flabby, flimsy, wishy washy, destructible, watery, diluted, imbecile, inefficient, spiritless, foolish, injudicious, unsound, undecided, unconfirmed, irrepressible, wavering, ductile, easy, malleable, unconvincing, inconclusive, vapid, pointless

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1. • Grammar

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. weakadjective

   wanting in physical strength

   "a weak pillar"

   Antonyms:
   well-knit, powerful, imperceptible, stressed, ironlike, muscular, infallible, strong, industrial-strength, knock-down(a), beefed-up, strengthened, skilled, noticeable, sinewy, bullocky, smart, brawny, nonhuman, unperceivable, virile, robust, undiluted, knockout, up, hard, hefty, stiff, weapons-grade, irregular, accented, beardown(a), fortified, vehement, reinforced, bullnecked, severe, well-set

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

2. watery, washy, weakadjective

   overly diluted; thin and insipid

   "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"

   Antonyms:
   knock-down(a), industrial-strength, strong, hard, powerful, nonhuman, fortified, imperceptible, up, bullocky, undiluted, stressed, skilled, robust, virile, smart, well-knit, vehement, ironlike, unperceivable, weapons-grade, brawny, knockout, sinewy, beefed-up, accented, bullnecked, hefty, strengthened, well-set, noticeable, beardown(a), infallible, reinforced, stiff, muscular, severe, irregular

   Synonyms:
   watery, infirm, unaccented, weakly, debile, rickety, bleached, washy, faded, reeking, imperfect, washed-out, faint, decrepit, light, fallible, frail, feeble, sapless

3. unaccented, light, weakadjective

   (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"

   Antonyms:
   hard, undiluted, bullnecked, beardown(a), well-knit, severe, knock-down(a), muscular, strengthened, fortified, imperceptible, weapons-grade, industrial-strength, brawny, infallible, beefed-up, knockout, irregular, accented, bullocky, powerful, unperceivable, strong, robust, noticeable, smart, reinforced, skilled, ironlike, virile, nonhuman, up, sinewy, hefty, well-set, stressed, vehement, stiff

   Synonyms:
   light-headed, lite, wanton, sapless, wakeful, faint, lightheaded, feeble, low-cal, decrepit, watery, lightsome, debile, light-colored, unaccented, weakly, easy, promiscuous, abstemious, atonic, unclouded, clean, light(a), frail, clear, idle, fallible, imperfect, infirm, tripping, short, scant(p), washy, rickety, sluttish, light, swooning, calorie-free, loose

4. fallible, frail, imperfect, weakadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   well-knit, weapons-grade, hefty, strong, bullocky, knock-down(a), well-set, irregular, severe, powerful, nonhuman, undiluted, noticeable, vehement, imperceptible, stressed, strengthened, beardown(a), ironlike, brawny, up, smart, accented, bullnecked, infallible, industrial-strength, reinforced, virile, muscular, sinewy, knockout, skilled, hard, fortified, stiff, robust, beefed-up, unperceivable

   Synonyms:
   watery, infirm, unaccented, weakly, imperfect, rickety, debile, delicate, sapless, frail, washy, faint, decrepit, light, fallible, feeble, fragile

5. weakadjective

   tending downward in price

   "a weak market for oil stocks"

   Antonyms:
   knockout, irregular, powerful, bullocky, undiluted, industrial-strength, severe, virile, muscular, accented, noticeable, infallible, strengthened, beefed-up, up, robust, hefty, bullnecked, stressed, ironlike, knock-down(a), fortified, reinforced, nonhuman, weapons-grade, smart, sinewy, vehement, well-knit, strong, stiff, beardown(a), imperceptible, hard, brawny, skilled, well-set, unperceivable

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

6. weakadjective

   deficient or lacking in some skill

   "he's weak in spelling"

   Antonyms:
   skilled, brawny, beardown(a), ironlike, fortified, severe, reinforced, undiluted, irregular, industrial-strength, robust, strong, well-knit, bullocky, beefed-up, hard, up, nonhuman, smart, strengthened, powerful, muscular, vehement, well-set, knockout, stressed, infallible, sinewy, accented, unperceivable, hefty, noticeable, stiff, knock-down(a), bullnecked, virile, weapons-grade, imperceptible

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

7. decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weaklyadjective

   lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

   "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

   Antonyms:
   knock-down(a), muscular, sinewy, irregular, infallible, powerful, stiff, strengthened, beefed-up, well-knit, imperceptible, unperceivable, brawny, nonhuman, accented, bullnecked, noticeable, stressed, reinforced, vehement, skilled, severe, smart, beardown(a), bullocky, hefty, robust, hard, industrial-strength, up, strong, well-set, ironlike, weapons-grade, knockout, fortified, virile, undiluted

   Synonyms:
   watery, infirm, unaccented, washy, shaky, weakly, debile, rickety, woebegone, lame, rachitic, nerveless, run-down, wonky, imperfect, creaky, faint, frail, decrepit, light, fallible, flea-bitten, wobbly, feeble, derelict, sapless

8. weakadjective

   (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection

   Antonyms:
   robust, hefty, noticeable, powerful, virile, stiff, well-knit, bullocky, beefed-up, vehement, strengthened, fortified, unperceivable, weapons-grade, smart, reinforced, industrial-strength, bullnecked, ironlike, irregular, stressed, undiluted, hard, up, imperceptible, skilled, beardown(a), knockout, brawny, muscular, severe, strong, knock-down(a), accented, nonhuman, well-set, sinewy, infallible

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

9. weakadjective

   not having authority, political strength, or governing power

   "a weak president"

   Antonyms:
   sinewy, accented, fortified, ironlike, robust, vehement, powerful, severe, beefed-up, knock-down(a), skilled, beardown(a), well-set, industrial-strength, strong, stressed, hard, bullnecked, knockout, stiff, smart, bullocky, imperceptible, undiluted, muscular, brawny, virile, noticeable, infallible, strengthened, well-knit, irregular, weapons-grade, nonhuman, up, unperceivable, reinforced, hefty

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

10. faint, weakadjective

    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"

    Antonyms:
    skilled, stressed, knock-down(a), muscular, nonhuman, weapons-grade, powerful, beardown(a), virile, imperceptible, strengthened, ironlike, vehement, bullnecked, sinewy, noticeable, robust, unperceivable, up, knockout, smart, accented, infallible, undiluted, strong, hard, severe, irregular, stiff, beefed-up, industrial-strength, hefty, well-set, reinforced, fortified, bullocky, well-knit, brawny

    Synonyms:
    watery, dim, unaccented, weakly, swooning, faint, rickety, debile, vague, faint-hearted, fainthearted, washy, timid, light-headed, lightheaded, decrepit, wispy, light, shadowy, fallible, frail, feeble, imperfect, infirm, sapless

11. weakadjective

    likely to fail under stress or pressure

    "the weak link in the chain"

    Antonyms:
    strengthened, weapons-grade, reinforced, muscular, powerful, undiluted, industrial-strength, stiff, unperceivable, noticeable, beardown(a), fortified, hefty, virile, vehement, well-knit, robust, brawny, ironlike, knock-down(a), stressed, nonhuman, bullnecked, irregular, well-set, infallible, severe, skilled, strong, up, beefed-up, knockout, sinewy, bullocky, hard, accented, smart, imperceptible

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

12. weakadjective

    deficient in intelligence or mental power

    "a weak mind"

    Antonyms:
    fortified, noticeable, undiluted, hefty, beefed-up, stiff, accented, smart, powerful, up, well-knit, virile, weapons-grade, robust, knockout, brawny, nonhuman, muscular, knock-down(a), industrial-strength, imperceptible, strengthened, sinewy, stressed, skilled, hard, ironlike, unperceivable, reinforced, severe, bullocky, bullnecked, strong, vehement, infallible, well-set, beardown(a), irregular

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

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1. weakadjective

   Synonyms:
   feeble, infirm, debilitated, weakly, fragile, delicate, invalid, emasculated, enervated, vulnerable, assailable, unguarded, unprotected, exposed, frail, pliant, tender, peccable, fallible, errable, erring, indiscreet, impotent, ineffectual, inefficacious, ineffective, illogical, unsustained, inconclusive, lame, unsatisfactory, vacillating, irresolute, wavering, unstable, diluted, thin, insipid, vapid, slight, gauzy, sleazy, flimsy, brittle, fragile, unsound, unsubstantial, defective, unsafe, rickety

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brocktonadjective

   you are weak if you are not brockton

   if you are strong you say you are brockton

   Submitted by bgay2 on March 9, 2023  

2. predominating

   the synonym is powerful so the antonym is the opposite which is weak

   Submitted by rinat on September 22, 2019  

How to use weak in a sentence?

1. Gary Heyward:

   But after awhile it doesn't seem so hard. You see the weak spots, you see where your opportunities are.

2. Joe Rundle:

   With the weak data coming out, we're going to see the negative sentiment from the last few weeks continuing.

3. Takuya Takahashi:

   Investors have had a hard time assessing what the BOJ's announcement means to the Japanese economy. After all, the market cheered the BOJ's decision as a weak yen is positive for Japan Inc.

4. Su Aik Lim:

   The impact on property will be limited because for developers, funding access is more critical than borrowing cost, even if interest cost falls, access to borrowing is poor, so weak developers still cannot avoid a liquidity crisis when their sales slow.

5. Michael Vatis:

   Humans are always the weak link, it's almost always easier to exploit a human through some social engineering gambit than it is to crack, you know, some technological defensive measure.

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