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prostrate

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of prostrate

1 depleted in strength, energy, or freshness
  • Prostrate marathoners typically spend the day after the race recovering.
Synonyms of prostrate

all in, beat, beaten, bleary, burned-out (or burnt-out), bushed, dead, done, drained, exhausted, fatigued, jaded, limp, logy (also loggy), played out, pooped [slang], spent, tapped out, tired, tuckered (out), washed-out, wearied, weary, wiped out, worn, worn-out
Words Related to prostrate

overfatigued, overtaxed, overworked

broken-down, run-down

debilitated, enervate, enervated, enfeebled, sapped, weakened

drowsy, heavy, sleepy

lethargic, sluggish
Phrases Synonymous with prostrate

worn to a frazzle
Near Antonyms of prostrate

fresh, refreshed, rejuvenated, relaxed, rested, revitalized

active, energetic, invigorated, peppy, strengthened, strong, tireless, vitalized, weariless
Antonyms of prostrate

unwearied
2 lacking bodily strength
  • prostrate with the heat
Synonyms of prostrate

debilitated, delicate, down-and-out, effete, enervated, enfeebled, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, languid, low, prostrated, sapped, slight, soft, softened, tender, unsubstantial, wasted, weak, weakened, wimpish, wimpy
Words Related to prostrate

challenged, disabled, incapacitated, invalid

paralyzed

broken-down, decrepit

impotent, powerless

breakable, flimsy, fragile

dizzy, groggy, rocky, unsteady, woozy

drained, exhausted, flagging, tired, weary, worn-out

damaged, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, lame, unsound

resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding
Near Antonyms of prostrate

able-bodied, athletic, beefy, brawny, fit, husky, muscular, sinewy, strapping, virile

hard, hardy, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sturdy, tough

fortified, hardened, inured, strengthened, toughened

energetic, energized, invigorated, vigorous, vitalized

hale, healthy, sound

capable, competent

convalescing, recovering, recuperating
Antonyms of prostrate

mighty, powerful, rugged, stalwart, stout, strong
3 lying with the face downwards
  • She was laying prostrate on the bed.
Synonyms of prostrate

prone
Words Related to prostrate

flat, recumbent

reclining, reposing

horizontal
Near Antonyms of prostrate

erect, raised, standing, upright, upstanding, vertical
Antonyms of prostrate

supine

Synonym Discussion of prostrate

prone, supine, prostrate, recumbent mean lying down. prone implies a position with the front of the body turned toward the supporting surface.
    • push-ups require a prone position
supine implies lying on one's back and suggests inertness or abjectness.
    • lying supine on the couch
prostrate implies lying full-length as in submission, defeat, or physical collapse.
    • a runner fell prostrate at the finish line
recumbent implies the posture of one sleeping or resting.
    • a patient comfortably recumbent in a hospital bed

prostrate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of prostrate

1 to diminish the physical strength of
  • an athlete prostrated for weeks by a bout of pneumonia
Synonyms of prostrate

debilitate, devitalize, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, sap, soften, tire, waste, weaken
Words Related to prostrate

cripple, disable, hamstring, incapacitate

deplete, depress, exhaust, impoverish, unman, wash out

damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, invalid, lay up

break down, grind (down), wear down, wear out

paralyze
Near Antonyms of prostrate

energize, invigorate, recruit, rejuvenate, vitalize

harden, season, toughen
Antonyms of prostrate

beef (up), fortify, strengthen
2 to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
  • The huge increase in gas prices really prostrated the nation's economic engine.
Synonyms of prostrate

cripple, disable, hamstring, immobilize, incapacitate, paralyze
Words Related to prostrate

attenuate, debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap, tire, undercut, undermine, weaken

hobble, lame

maim, mutilate

knock out
Near Antonyms of prostrate

energize, galvanize, invigorate, vitalize

fortify, strengthen

empower

freshen, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, rejuvenate, restore, revitalize, revive
3 to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
  • a widow prostrated by grief
Synonyms of prostrate

crush, devastate, floor, grind (down), oppress, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, snow under, swamp, whelm
Words Related to prostrate

deluge, drown, sink

confute, defeat, refute

break, demoralize, distress, disturb, rock, shatter, stagger, throw, unman, unnerve, upset
4 to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall
  • The boxer bragged that he could prostrate any opponent with a single blow.
Synonyms of prostrate

bowl (down or over), down, drop, fell, floor, knock down, knock over, level, mow (down)
Words Related to prostrate

kayo, knock out, KO

overthrow, throw down, topple

bang, bash, belt, bludgeon, clobber, hammer, hit, jab, paste, poke, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale

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