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Synonyms for weaken
ˈwi kənweak·en

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. weaken

    Synonyms:
    abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, upset

    Antonyms:
    assure, confirm, corroborate, establish, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, settle, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, uphold

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. weaken

    Synonyms:
    debilitate, enfeeble, enervate, dilute, impair, paralyze, attenuate, sap

    Antonyms:
    strengthen, invigorate, empower, corroborate, confirm

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. weakenverb

    lessen the strength of

    "The fever weakened his body"

    Synonyms:
    undermine, step down, de-escalate, soften, countermine, dampen, sabotage, break, subvert, damp, counteract

    Antonyms:
    fortify, strengthen, beef up

  2. weakenverb

    become weaker

    "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"

    Synonyms:
    undermine, step down, de-escalate, soften, countermine, dampen, sabotage, break, subvert, damp, counteract

    Antonyms:
    strengthen, fortify, beef up

  3. sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weakenverb

    destroy property or hinder normal operations

    "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

    Synonyms:
    countermine, countervail, bring down, vitiate, counterbalance, deprave, debauch, cave, soften, misdirect, overturn, demoralize, counteract, subvert, sabotage, debase, profane, corrupt, damp, pervert, neutralize, demoralise, countercheck, antagonise, de-escalate, undermine, step down, dampen, overthrow, antagonize, break

    Antonyms:
    strengthen, beef up, fortify

  4. de-escalate, weaken, step downverb

    reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of

    "de-escalate a crisis"

    Synonyms:
    subvert, step down, counteract, soften, resign, countermine, quit, leave office, de-escalate, dampen, break, sabotage, damp, undermine

    Antonyms:
    strengthen, fortify, beef up

  5. dampen, damp, soften, weaken, breakverb

    lessen in force or effect

    "soften a shock"; "break a fall"

    Synonyms:
    crack, step down, break away, give way, soften, mince, reveal, give out, unwrap, conk out, part, wash, counteract, collapse, die, transgress, founder, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, cushion, muffle, split, give away, damp, smash, dull, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, pause, divulge, buffer, let on, get around, interrupt, wear out, cave in, deaden, break-dance, check, break up, breach, break in, give, split up, subvert, better, burst, go bad, break off, tone down, disclose, bust, erupt, moisten, relent, recrudesce, undermine, stifle, break dance, go against, dampen, fall in, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, de-escalate, break down, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, mute, expose, break, moderate, discontinue, intermit, countermine, yield, wear, sabotage

    Antonyms:
    strengthen, fortify, beef up

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. weakenverb

    Synonyms:
    enfeeble, enervate, debilitate, break, unman, effeminate, emolliate, unnerve, make weak

  2. weakenverb

    Synonyms:
    invalidate, make of less effect

  3. weakenverb

    Synonyms:
    reduce, depress, debase, lower

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. weakenverb

    Synonyms:
    debilitate, enfeeble, enervate, unnerve, emasculate, incapacitate, sap, undermine, unman, exhaust, deplete, dilute, thin, invalidate, impair, diminish, lower, decline

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "weaken":

    undermine, dilute, erode, emasculate, diminish, weakens, impair

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How to use weaken in a sentence?

  1. Etienne Cardiles:

    I returned home that evening without you, with an extreme and profound pain, that maybe, one day, will weaken, I don't know, this pain made me feel as close as ever to your colleagues, who are also suffering, as you do too, silently. As I do, silently.

  2. Cui Tiankai:

    It will certainly undermine and weaken the motivation of states to engage in negotiations and consultations for solving their disputes, it will certainly intensify conflict and even confrontation.

  3. Li Mingjiang:

    A potentially good outcome is to weaken American alliances … so that’s why we’re seeing quite strenuous efforts made by Beijing to try to stabilize and improve relations with European countries, and also to try to improve and strengthen cooperation with emerging economies.

  4. Yutaka Miura:

    The biggest concern for the Japanese market now is whether the dollar will weaken against the yen further, you don't know how U.S. stocks will perform after the jobs data release, so most investors are nervous.

  5. Jonathan Valfer:

    So, if you weaken the Supreme Court.


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