Synonyms of wimpy

wimpy

adjective

1

as in weak

lacking bodily strength

a wimpy person is not the best choice for a job with a moving company

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weak
• feeble
• weakened
• frail
• disabled
• faint
• soft
• tired
• wimpish
• slight
• enfeebled
• paralyzed
• effete
• softened
• debilitated
• infirm
• asthenic
• unsubstantial
• low
• languid
• vulnerable
• wasted
• exhausted
• down-and-out
• delicate
• injured
• prostrate
• tender
• incapacitated
• fragile
• enervated
• weary
• sapped
• prostrated
• invalid
• impotent
• powerless
• unsteady
• flimsy
• drained
• decrepit
• damaged
• dizzy
• hurt
• rocky
• susceptible
• breakable
• groggy
• woozy
• impaired
• broken-down
• flagging
• unsound
• worn-out
• resistless
• yielding
• unresistant
• harmed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• powerful
• strong
• mighty
• muscular
• rugged
• stout
• beefy
• stalwart
• brawny
• tough
• virile
• athletic
• hardy
• robust
• hard
• sturdy
• husky
• sinewy
• fit
• lusty
• hardened
• able-bodied
• vigorous
• energetic
• fortified
• sound
• strengthened
• healthy
• capable
• strapping
• competent
• red-blooded
• energized
• toughened
• hale
• inured
• recovering
• invigorated
• vitalized
• convalescing
• recuperating

2

as in weakened

lacking strength of will or character

a wimpy effort to change the law that was doomed to failure

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weak
• weakened
• soft
• wimpish
• spineless
• meek
• timid
• corrupt
• frail
• weakling
• characterless
• weak-kneed
• effete
• wishy-washy
• nerveless
• limp-wristed
• namby-pamby
• invertebrate
• milk-and-water
• wet
• flabby
• ineffectual
• ineffective
• flaccid
• powerless
• impotent
• emasculated
• craven
• pusillanimous
• forceless
• submissive
• cowardly
• villainous
• unscrupulous
• sissy
• unnerved
• unprincipled
• pliable
• dastardly
• lamblike
• irresolute
• fainthearted
• impuissant
• infirm
• nebbishy
• lily-livered
• poltroon
• vacillating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strong
• tough
• hard
• good
• firm
• moral
• right
• virtuous
• righteous
• ethical
• upright
• principled
• backboned
• unrelenting
• resolute
• determined
• courageous
• stalwart
• mettlesome
• stouthearted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wimpy

Where Forte’s wimpy Kevin is a send-up of human fragility, Cena’s Buddy has the shatterproof ego of the rooster Foghorn Leghorn, who also happens to be Acme’s CEO. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

After this, the boy and his mother move to Lima, where the father sends him to a military academy, in an attempt to beat the wimpy artist out of him. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 May 2026

Bad sesame-ginger dressings are watery, wimpy, oily or syrupy. — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026

The sausage is fine, the muffin is wimpy but fine, the whole thing’s fine. — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Feb. 2026

Roy Keane Last seen towering over Steve Coogan’s weirdly wimpy Mick McCarthy in the Saipan film, the mesmerising Eanna Hardwicke should just stay in character for United duty. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026

Rewatched today, through no foreseeable fault of the movie or actor, Davison’s wimpy, anti-social straight white loner character still looks like a caricature but feels darker. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026

Instead of wimpy 20% or 30% discounts, a lot of items are over half off. — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 6 Nov. 2025

Any insightful commentary on the 1% protecting themselves is rendered rote with a wimpy, ludicrous dénouement. — Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025