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sap

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sap

1 active strength of body or mind

a child full of sap and vivacity

Synonyms of sap

beans, bounce, brio, dash, drive, dynamism, energy, esprit, gas, get-up-and-go, ginger, go, gusto, hardihood, juice, life, moxie, oomph, pep, punch, snap, starch, verve, vigor, vim, vinegar, vitality, zing, zip

Words Related to sap

animal spirits, animation, briskness, jauntiness, liveliness, snappiness, spirit, spiritedness, sprightliness, spunk, spunkiness, vibrance, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity

ardor, élan, fervor, fire, passion, zeal

main, metal, mettle, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, stamina, strength

brawniness, fitness, hardiness, huskiness, sturdiness, virility

health, healthiness, soundness, verdure, wellness

Near Antonyms of sap

indolence, laziness

debilitation, debility, delicacy, disablement, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, impotency, infirmity, powerlessness, puniness, slightness, softness, tenderness, weakness

enervation, exhaustion, inanition, prostration

Antonyms of sap

lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity

2 one who is easily deceived or cheated

some poor sap would probably fall for that telephone scam

Synonyms of sap

chump, dupe, gull, mug [chiefly British], patsy, pigeon, pushover, soft touch, sucker, tool

Words Related to sap

cat's-paw, mark, target, victim

schlemiel (also shlemiel)

butt, derision, laughingstock, mock, mockery

booby, dodo, fool, goose, half-wit, jackass, lunatic, monkey, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simp, simpleton, turkey, yo-yo

blockhead, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, idiot, imbecile, moron, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schlump [slang], schnook [slang]

Near Antonyms of sap

cheat, cheater, confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, hoaxer, shark, sharper, slicker, swindler, trickster

3 a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

the sadistic prison guards freely used their saps to enforce discipline

Synonyms of sap

bastinado (or bastinade), bat, baton, billy, billy club, bludgeon, cane, club, cudgel, nightstick, rod, rung [Scottish], shillelagh (also shillalah), staff, truncheon, waddy [Australian]

Words Related to sap

blackjack, knobkerrie, mace

birch, crabstick, hickory, rattan, stave, switch

beetle, gavel, hammer, mallet, maul, sledgehammer

crook, crosier (or crozier), walking stick, whangee

4 the condition of being sound in body

I may no longer have the sap of youth, but I do have the sapience that comes only with advanced years

Synonyms of sap

fitness, health, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, verdure, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness

Words Related to sap

cleanliness, hygiene

hardiness, lustiness, robustiousness, ruggedness, stamina, strength, toughness, vigor, vigorousness, vitality

bloom, flush, flushness

activeness, agility, liveliness, spryness

weal, welfare, well-being

Near Antonyms of sap

debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, lameness, sickliness, weakness

ailment, condition, disease, disorder, malady, trouble

Antonyms of sap

illness, sickness, unhealthiness, unsoundness

sap

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sap

to diminish the physical strength of

weeks of hard work had sapped her and left her exhausted

Synonyms of sap

debilitate, devitalize, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, prostrate, soften, tire, waste, weaken

Words Related to sap

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

Near Antonyms of sap

energize, invigorate, recruit, rejuvenate, vitalize

harden, season, toughen

Antonyms of sap

beef (up), fortify, strengthen

Synonym Discussion of sap

weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, undermine, sap, cripple, disable mean to lose or cause to lose strength or vigor. weaken may imply loss of physical strength, health, soundness, or stability or of quality, intensity, or effective power.

- a disease that weakens the body's defenses

enfeeble implies a condition of marked weakness and helplessness.

- enfeebled by starvation

debilitate suggests a less marked or more temporary impairment of strength or vitality.

- the debilitating effects of surgery

undermine and sap suggest a weakening by something working surreptitiously and insidiously.

- a poor diet undermines your health
- drugs had sapped his ability to think

cripple implies causing a serious loss of functioning power through damaging or removing an essential part or element.

- crippled by arthritis

disable suggests bringing about impairment or limitation in a physical or mental ability.

- disabled by an injury sustained at work

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