Synonyms for plight
plaɪtplight

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. plightnoun

   Synonyms:
   situation, condition, predicament, difficulty, dilemma

2. plightverb

   Synonyms:
   vow, pledge

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.8 / 11 votes

1. predicament, quandary, plightnoun

   a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one

   "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

   Synonyms:
   quandary, predicament, dilemma, troth

2. plight, trothverb

   a solemn pledge of fidelity

   Synonyms:
   quandary, betrothal, predicament, engagement, troth

3. betroth, engage, affiance, plightverb

   give to in marriage

   Synonyms:
   rent, prosecute, occupy, engross, charter, mesh, pledge, operate, employ, absorb, engage, affiance, hire, betroth, lock, take, wage, pursue, lease, enlist

4. pledge, plightverb

   promise solemnly and formally

   "I pledge that I will honor my wife"

   Synonyms:
   betroth, engage, wassail, drink, salute, affiance, pledge, subscribe, toast

Matched Categories

1. • Difficulty
   • Promise
   • Vow

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plightverb

   Synonyms:
   pledge, pawn, hypothecate, put in pledge, give as security

2. plightnoun

   Synonyms:
   pledge, pawn, gage

3. plightnoun

   Synonyms:
   condition, state, situation, case, predicament, category, dilemma, FIX, PICKLE

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1. plightnoun

   Synonyms:
   condition, state, dilemma, predicament, situation, scrape

2. plightverb

   Synonyms:
   pawn, pledge, promise, betroth

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1. List of paraphrases for "plight":

   predicament, suffering, fate, distress, ordeal, hardship, situation, misery, spell, dilemma

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How to use plight in a sentence?

1. Debbie Allen:

   Our show is very female-driven and the plight of women right now in this country is remarkable. What is happening, what lays ahead of us and what battles we're gon na have to wage to not go back into some dark age, it's frightening.

2. Marco Rubio:

   It is particularly outrageous when individuals who claim to be fleeing repression in Cuba are welcomed and allowed to ?collect federal assistance based on their plight, only to return often to the very place they claimed to be fleeing.

3. Imran Khan:

   Independence Day is an opportunity for great happiness, but today we are saddened by the plight of our Kashmiri brothers in occupied Jammu and Kashmir who are victims of Indian oppression, i assure my Kashmiri brothers that we stand with them.

4. James Hansford:

   We thought that they had historically been much more resilient to human effects, but in fact they've actually been suffering for much longer than we thought, this will hopefully highlight the plight of gibbons and other primates in particular.

5. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda:

   Women and girls continue to bear the brunt of sustained attacks on innocent civilians, victims of rapes are asking themselves how many more women should be brutally attacked for this council to appreciate the magnitude of their plight.