Synonyms of prostrated

prostrated 1 of 2

adjective

as in weak

lacking bodily strength

patients should expect to feel very prostrated after the surgery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weak
• weakened
• feeble
• prostrate
• frail
• paralyzed
• debilitated
• disabled
• enfeebled
• exhausted
• injured
• faint
• softened
• infirm
• incapacitated
• tired
• slight
• asthenic
• wasted
• languid
• soft
• enervated
• vulnerable
• sapped
• effete
• low
• unsubstantial
• wimpy
• tender
• down-and-out
• delicate
• weary
• drained
• fragile
• wimpish
• powerless
• invalid
• dizzy
• damaged
• unsteady
• impotent
• hurt
• susceptible
• impaired
• decrepit
• rocky
• groggy
• woozy
• flimsy
• resistless
• breakable
• yielding
• flagging
• broken-down
• unsound
• harmed
• worn-out
• unresistant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• powerful
• mighty
• strong
• stout
• muscular
• rugged
• stalwart
• virile
• hard
• athletic
• fit
• able-bodied
• tough
• hardy
• sinewy
• strengthened
• sturdy
• husky
• brawny
• fortified
• beefy
• hardened
• robust
• lusty
• vigorous
• healthy
• energetic
• capable
• sound
• energized
• inured
• strapping
• hale
• competent
• recovering
• toughened
• vitalized
• red-blooded
• invigorated
• convalescing
• recuperating

prostrated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of prostrate

1

as in weakened

to diminish the physical strength of

an athlete prostrated for weeks by a bout of pneumonia

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weakened
• softened
• exhausted
• injured
• tired
• wasted
• paralyzed
• hurt
• sapped
• debilitated
• enfeebled
• damaged
• enervated
• crippled
• incapacitated
• depressed
• devitalized
• depleted
• impaired
• etiolated
• disabled
• harmed
• impoverished
• hamstrung
• laid up
• ground (down)
• invalided
• washed out
• wore out
• wore down
• unmanned
• broke down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strengthened
• fortified
• recruited
• energized
• hardened
• invigorated
• beefed (up)
• vitalized
• rejuvenated
• seasoned
• toughened

2

as in paralyzed

to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move

the huge increase in gas prices really prostrated the nation's economic engine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paralyzed
• crippled
• incapacitated
• undermined
• weakened
• immobilized
• disabled
• hamstrung
• attenuated
• sapped
• debilitated
• enfeebled
• mutilated
• tired
• undercut
• hobbled
• enervated
• lamed
• maimed
• knocked out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• energized
• galvanized
• invigorated
• vitalized
• strengthened
• fortified
• empowered
• restored
• revived
• regenerated
• freshened
• refreshed
• revitalized
• rejuvenated
• refreshened

3

as in overwhelmed

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress

a widow prostrated by crushing grief

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overwhelmed
• devastated
• overcame
• crushed
• oppressed
• swamped
• disturbed
• overpowered
• floored
• ground (down)
• overmastered
• drowned
• whelmed
• rocked
• defeated
• deluged
• sank
• snowed under
• shattered
• upset
• threw
• distressed
• refuted
• staggered
• demoralized
• confuted
• unnerved
• broke
• unmanned

4

as in downed

to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall

the boxer bragged that he could prostrate any opponent with a single blow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• downed
• dropped
• felled
• toppled
• floored
• hit
• smacked
• slammed
• pounded
• leveled
• slapped
• punched
• banged
• mowed (down)
• knocked over
• knocked down
• bowled (down or over)
• thumped
• poked
• knocked out
• smote
• overthrew
• whacked
• jabbed
• pasted
• socked
• hammered
• clobbered
• threw down
• bashed
• kayoed
• slugged
• walloped
• swatted
• bludgeoned
• belted
• swiped
• thwacked
• slogged
• whaled
• KO'd

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prostrated

Verb

So is Sweden’s Yasin Ayari, who prostrated himself on the field to thank God after the first of his two goals in a victory Sunday over Tunisia — his father’s homeland. — ABC News, 18 June 2026

Groypers believe that for decades America has prostrated itself to immigrants and foreign nations at the expense of its own languishing citizens. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026