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, 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:
   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, 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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. limpadjective

   Synonyms:
   limber, flaccid, flexile

2. limpverb

   Synonyms:
   halt, hobble, walk lamely

3. limpnoun

   Synonyms:
   halt, limping gait

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Mike Bryan:

   You have to earn your way off the Tour, and you have to blast your way out, no one wants to limp their way off. (Pete) Sampras had the perfect send-off.

2. Boris Johnson:

   The euro is a calamitous project, it will limp on with sclerotic growth rates, it will eventually blow up but I wouldn't care to bet when.

3. 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.

4. Ken Meeks:

   When I left the hospital, my left arm and fingers were nearly completely paralyzed. By that, I mean it pretty much hung limp at my side. I had to move it with my right hand.

5. Kim Forrest:

   There’s no clear driver that I can see that is going to ignite growth in the real economy. We continue to limp along.