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weakling
Synonyms and Antonyms of weakling
lacking strength of will or character argues that in a time of war, the country can't afford to have a weakling president Synonyms characterless, effete, frail, invertebrate, limp-wristed, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, nerveless, soft, spineless, weakened, weak-kneed, weak, wet [British], wimpish, wimpy, wishy-washyRelated Words flabby, flaccid, forceless, ineffective, ineffectual; impotent, impuissant, powerless; emasculated, unnerved; lamblike, meek, pliable, submissive; corrupt, dastardly, unprincipled, unscrupulous, villainous; cowardly, craven, fainthearted, lily-livered, nebbishy, poltroon, pusillanimous, sissy, timid; infirm, irresolute, vacillatingNear Antonyms ethical, good, moral, principled, right, righteous, upright, virtuous; determined, mettlesome, resolute, unrelenting; courageous, stalwart, stoutheartedAntonyms backboned, firm, hard, strong, tough
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weakling
Synonyms and Antonyms of weakling
1 a person lacking in physical strength he had been a weakling until high school, when he started working out to put on muscle Synonyms softy (or softie), wimp, wuss (also wussy) Related Words pushover; milksop, mollycoddle, sissy Antonyms powerhouse
2 a person without strength of character only a weakling would be willing to lie to save himself from punishment Synonyms doormat, jellyfish, namby-pamby, pushover, reed, wimp Related Words coward, milquetoast, mouse, nebbish, nervous Nellie (or nervous Nelly), pussy [slang], wuss (also wussy); sheep Near Antonyms mensch Antonyms stalwart
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