Synonyms of wimp

wimp 1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈwimp 

1

as in wuss

a person lacking in physical strength

just because you can't lift 300 pounds doesn't mean you're a wimp

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wuss
• softie
• weakling
• wussy
• softy
• pushover
• milksop

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• powerhouse

2

as in coward

a person without strength of character

what kind of wimp would just give in to peer pressure?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coward
• weakling
• reed
• doormat
• jellyfish
• wuss
• pushover
• namby-pamby
• mouse
• wussy
• sheep
• milquetoast
• pussy
• nebbish
• nervous Nelly
• nervous Nellie

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stalwart
• mensch

wimpiness

2 of 2

noun (2)

1

as in weakness

the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor

in the annals of boxing, a sport where participants are not exactly known for their wimpiness, he is remembered as a particularly powerful slugger

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weakness
• exhaustion
• fatigue
• feebleness
• debility
• fragility
• faintness
• lowness
• debilitation
• listlessness
• infirmity
• injury
• impairment
• frailty
• languor
• asthenia
• enervation
• languidness
• enfeeblement
• decay
• frailness
• tenderness
• disablement
• breakdown
• delicacy
• damage
• decrepitude
• helplessness
• weariness
• collapse
• powerlessness
• impotence
• softness
• prostration
• lassitude
• hurt
• invalidism
• defenselessness
• harm
• incapacitation
• effeteness
• impuissance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strength
• vigor
• hardiness
• robustness
• hardihood
• vitality
• energy
• virility
• toughness
• fitness
• muscularity
• hardness
• huskiness
• ruggedness
• sturdiness
• stoutness
• health
• lustiness
• soundness
• brawniness
• healthiness
• wellness
• heftiness

2

as in softness

the quality or state of lacking strength of will or character

her desire to do the right thing was countered by a moral wimpiness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weakness
• softness
• spinelessness
• wishy-washiness
• frailness
• frailty
• wimpishness
• corruptness
• corruption
• evil
• collapse
• failing
• flaw
• foible
• peccadillo
• immorality
• wickedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strength
• toughness
• fortitude
• firmness
• nerve
• backbone
• chutzpah
• mettle
• resoluteness
• hardihood
• moxie
• discipline
• hutzpah
• self-discipline
• chutzpa
• goodness
• morality
• righteousness
• integrity
• hutzpa
• rectitude
• rightness
• uprightness
• virtuousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wimp

Noun

Compared to 88-year-old percussion master Pete Escovedo, Keith Sweat, John Michael Montgomery, Frankie Beverly and the members of the Eagles and Aventura seem like, well, wimps. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024

Blake is not an emasculated wimp; his confidence is complete, his suavity bordering on the toxic. —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024

All nudity in my films is a result of Shauna pushing me and calling me a wimp. —Alexandra Hurtado, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024

Russo explored a subject that had previously been viewed by moviegoers simply as the way things were — the treatment of gay people as pansies and wimps, perverts and tragedies, serial killers and suicides. —Mark Harris, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023