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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, 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, patsy, pigeon, pushover, sucker, tool
Words Related to sap

cat's-paw, mark, target, victim

butt, derision, laughingstock, mock, mockery

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

loser

blockhead, cretin, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, idiot, imbecile, moron
Near Antonyms of sap

cheat, cheater, confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, hoaxer, shark, sharper, slicker, swindler, trickster
3 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, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness
Words Related to sap

fettle, shape

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

paralyze
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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