Synonyms for Limp
lɪmplimp

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1. hitch, hobble, limpadjective

   the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

   Synonyms:
   enlistment, incumbrance, snag, duty tour, stay, preventive, fetter, limp, hitch, tour, stoppage, check, tour of duty, interference, hobble, preventative, halt, encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, term of enlistment, stop, hang-up, arrest, rub

   Antonyms:
   fresh, tense

2. limp, wiltedadjective

   not firm

   "wilted lettuce"

   Synonyms:
   limp, wilted

   Antonyms:
   tense, fresh

3. limpverb

   lacking in strength or firmness or resilience

   "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"

   Synonyms:
   wilted

   Antonyms:
   tense, fresh

4. limp, gimp, hobble, hitchverb

   walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

   "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, hitchhike, jerk, buck, limp, hopple, thumb, catch, gimp, hobble

   Antonyms:
   tense, fresh

5. limpverb

   proceed slowly or with difficulty

   "the boat limped into the harbor"

   Synonyms:
   gimp, hobble, hitch

   Antonyms:
   tense, fresh

Matched Categories

1. • Proceed
   • Walk

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1. limpadjective

   Synonyms:
   limber, flaccid, flexile

2. limpverb

   Synonyms:
   halt, hobble, walk lamely

3. limpnoun

   Synonyms:
   halt, limping gait

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1. limpadjective

   Synonyms:
   flaccid, flabby, limber, soft, flexile

   Antonyms:
   stiff

2. limpnoun

   Synonyms:
   halt, limping, hobble

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "limp":

   soft, flaccid, lame, saggy

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How to use Limp in a sentence?

1. Height Securities analyst Daniel Hanson:

   Dealing with PROMESA allows the insurers to trade some payments in the short-run for higher recoveries in the long-run. Ultimately that is a better business proposition for them than having to continue to limp along and never reach a deal.

2. Katie Williams:

   If the leaves are yellow, limp and downward curling, check the soil and the roots! if the roots are brown and mushy, your soil may be water-logged. Healthy roots look firm and white.

3. Chris Hollingsworth:

   And I beat the ever-living f *** out of him, choked him and everything else trying to get him under control and we finally got him in handcuffs when a third man got there and the son of a bitch was still fighting and we was still wrestling with him trying to hold him down because he was spitting blood everywhere, and then all of a sudden he just went limp.

4. Connor Campbell:

   Markets kicked off June in an inauspicious style this morning, china set the tone...the country's continually limp manufacturing...an unwanted reminder of the global weaknesses circling the market like vultures.

5. Karen McWatters:

   We held hands and shortly after that her hand went limp in mine, and she never spoke again.