Synonyms and Antonyms of weakness
1
the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor
- the flu left me with such overwhelming weakness that I could hardly stand
asthenia, debilitation, debility, delicacy, enervation, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, languidness, languor, listlessness, lowness, wimpiness
decay, decrepitude
breakdown, collapse, prostration
exhaustion, fatigue, lassitude, weariness
defenselessness, helplessness, impotence, impuissance, powerlessness
effeteness, softness, tenderness
disablement, incapacitation, invalidism
damage, harm, hurt, impairment, injury
energy, vitality
brawniness, fitness, heftiness, huskiness, lustiness, muscularity, virility
hardness, ruggedness, stoutness, sturdiness, toughness
health, healthiness, soundness, wellness
2
the quality or state of lacking strength of will or character
- in a moment of weakness he said yes to his daughter's request for a new toy
backbone, chutzpah (also chutzpa), firmness, fortitude, hardihood, mettle, moxie, nerve, resoluteness, strength, toughness
3
a defect in character
- his one weakness is his cockeyed optimism about everything
blot, spot, stain
blemish, deficiency, flaw, imperfection, minus, nit
Achilles' heel, soft spot
corruption, depravity, evil, immorality, sinfulness, wickedness
4
the quality or state of having little resistance to some outside agent
- the devastating weakness of the immune system that is experienced by people with certain chronic conditions
helplessness, powerlessness
passiveness, passivity
feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity
exposure, liability, openness, predisposition, proneness, sensitivity
receptiveness, receptivity
easiness, gullibility, naïveté (also naivete)
credulity, credulousness
