Synonyms for vulnerable
ˈvʌl nər ə bəlvul·ner·a·ble

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1. vulnerableadjective

   Synonyms:
   unprotected, helpless, defenceless, unguarded, weak

   Antonyms:
   invincible, invulnerable

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1. vulnerable

   Synonyms:
   assailable, weak, exposed, tender, delicate

   Antonyms:
   unassailable, impregnable, invulnerable

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1. vulnerableadjective

   susceptible to attack

   "a vulnerable bridge"

   Antonyms:
   entrenched, defensible, unassailable, invulnerable, airtight, bombproof, air-tight, strong, unattackable, untouchable, inviolable, tight, impregnable, insusceptible, sheltered, shellproof, defendable, secure, unsusceptible

2. vulnerableadjective

   susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation

   "vulnerable to bribery"; "an argument vulnerable to refutation"

   Antonyms:
   airtight, defensible, strong, unsusceptible, tight, secure, air-tight, inviolable, unassailable, impregnable, sheltered, unattackable, shellproof, defendable, invulnerable, insusceptible, entrenched, untouchable, bombproof

3. vulnerableadjective

   capable of being wounded or hurt

   "vulnerable parts of the body"

   Antonyms:
   impregnable, inviolable, air-tight, sheltered, tight, unsusceptible, defensible, insusceptible, strong, unassailable, untouchable, bombproof, unattackable, airtight, invulnerable, defendable, shellproof, secure, entrenched

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1. harmful

   full of harm

   the harmful truth vignesh must tell shugale

   Submitted by asimahmed on April 3, 2020  

2. in the firing line

   Submitted by acronimous on January 11, 2018  

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1. List of paraphrases for "vulnerable":

   fragile, susceptible, sensitive, weak, exposed, vulnerability, disadvantaged, prone, defenceless, at-risk, endangered, delicate

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1. Ryan Olson:

   This adversary has aggressively targeted organizations in the United States and elsewhere in defense, technology and other critical sectors, while we're still learning more about the impact of these attacks, we urge United States to quickly patch vulnerable systems and follow recommendations for determining whether United States've been compromised.

2. Ruben Figueroa:

   This is not a post-COVID migration; it is a migration in the middle of the pandemic, making it all the more vulnerable.

3. Merryl Tisch:

   Without an objective measure of their progress, it was easy to deny special education students and English-language learners the extra resources they need, opting out could cost us much of the progress we have made and damage the work that still needs to be done for our most vulnerable students.

4. Michelle Koyama:

   The country can't afford to be locking in to a hugely polluting, expensive and carbon-intensive mega project at a time when — more than ever — we need to act against the climate crisis, protect the resilience of vulnerable, water scarce areas and preserve our limited state funds and resources for projects with positive outcomes and benefits for all.

5. Photographer Tom King:

   It's important to show that they're just, in my opinion, vulnerable young men on the boundary between adolescence and adulthood and trying to work out what they're supposed to be doing in life, and at that point they've got this thing going on around them, just this crazy amount of violence, and people like them are getting pulled in.