LIMPS Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

limps

verb

present tense third-person singular of limp

as in shuffles

to walk while favoring one leg she limped all day after stubbing her toe on the lawn sprinkler

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as in stumbles

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually the damaged boat limped back into port

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as in drags

to move slowly we'll have to stop limping if we are ever going to make our destination in time

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Recent Examples of limps Still, their emotionally ruinous tug-of-war goes on for so many rounds that the movie limps toward the end credits exhausted. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 None at all leads to slow, pale, sad-looking growth that limps through the season. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026 The unchanged chain was dubbed Ethereum Classic, which still limps along today, though its market cap is far less than 1% of actual Ethereum. — Emin Gün Sirer, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026 Falsehood scales instantly; correction limps behind. — Tom Debley, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026 Every time one player returns to the court, another limps off. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026 After the midterm elections are over, the focus gradually shifts to the next presidential election, and the incumbent president increasingly limps like a lame duck. — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 4 Jan. 2026 Aside from creating the maze and covering it in snow, Pawbert limps his way through the maze, very much in homage to Jack Nicholson’s character. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 29 Nov. 2025 Tymere Jackson suffers a blow to his groin, and limps off the field. — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 8 Nov. 2025

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My brother looks at the floor, mumbles something, and then shuffles away from the table.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
The line shuffles forward quickly, and my heart knots in my chest as Heartfillers are dosed to each person up ahead.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of shuffles

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Saudi Arabia also is running low on interceptors and has turned to regional and Western allies for assistance as its standoff with Houthi rebels in Yemen drags on.

— Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
But as the war drags on into another winter, its impacts on the region could become more pronounced.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of drags

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David Perno hobbles from his golf cart to the bench at Clarke Central’s football field and sits to watch practice start.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
Major marine war risk providers have started to scrap cover for vessels operating in the Persian Gulf as the fallout from a sudden security shock hobbles key shipping routes in the region.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026

Definition of hobbles

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Her tragic fate has inspired other former child stars to speak out about the pressure and struggles that often accompany fame at an early age.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
In the show’s second season, Lumon struggles to contain the fallout from these discoveries and fires the head of the severed floor, Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette), replacing her with her former deputy, Seth Milchick (Tillman).

— Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of struggles

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Hairy-nosed wombat births are hard to spot, as after about a 30-day pregnancy, the joey crawls into its mother’s pouch.

— Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026
Researchers have developed a new control framework that enables humanoid robots to perform agile movements, including army crawls, breakdancing and backflips.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of crawls

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This halts the nuclear fusion process — which involves converting that hydrogen to helium — leading to the stars collapsing and shedding their outer layers to become a white dwarf with around the mass of the sun crammed into the width of Earth.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Nothing halts a celebration faster than having a bottle of wine to open but only having a broken wine opener or none at all.

— Mariette Williams, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of halts

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Bryan gets attacked by a dog, who pokes its head through a barn wall…and then the dog’s face splits apart like a flower, with tentacles shooting out.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Natural light pokes through the windows, adding a trademark freshness to an indoor coliseum.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026