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weak
Overview of adj weak
The adj weak has 12 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (15) weak -- (having little physical or spiritual strength; "a weak link")
2. (4) watery, washy, weak -- (overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea")
3. (1) unaccented, light, weak -- (used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable")
4. (1) fallible, frail, imperfect, weak -- (having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity")
5. weak -- (tending downward in price; "a weak market for oil stocks")
6. weak -- (deficient or lacking in some skill; "he's weak in spelling")
7. decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly -- (lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless")
8. weak -- ((used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection)
9. weak -- (not having authority, political strength, or governing power; "a weak president")
10. faint, weak -- (deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse")
11. weak -- (likely to fail under stress or pressure; "the weak link in the chain")
12. weak -- (deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind")
Grep of noun weak
tweak
weak force
weak interaction
weak part
weak point
weak spot
weakener
weakening
weakfish
weakling
weakly interacting massive particle
weakness
Grep of verb weak
tweak
weaken
Antonyms of adj weak
12 senses of weak
Sense 1
weak (vs. strong)
strong (vs. weak)
=> beardown(prenominal)
=> beefed-up
=> brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy
=> bullnecked
=> bullocky
=> fortified
=> hard, knockout, severe
=> industrial-strength, weapons-grade
=> ironlike
=> knock-down(prenominal), powerful
=> noticeable
=> reinforced, strengthened
=> robust
=> stiff
=> vehement
=> virile
=> well-knit, well-set
Sense 2
watery, washy, weak
INDIRECT (VIA diluted) -> undiluted
Sense 3
unaccented, light, weak
INDIRECT (VIA unstressed) -> stressed, accented
Sense 4
fallible, frail, imperfect, weak
INDIRECT (VIA human) -> nonhuman
Sense 5
weak
INDIRECT (VIA down) -> up
Sense 6
weak
INDIRECT (VIA unskilled) -> skilled
Sense 7
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
INDIRECT (VIA frail) -> robust
Sense 8
weak
INDIRECT (VIA regular) -> irregular
Sense 9
weak
INDIRECT (VIA powerless) -> powerful
Sense 10
faint, weak
INDIRECT (VIA perceptible) -> imperceptible, unperceivable
Sense 11
weak
INDIRECT (VIA fallible) -> infallible
Sense 12
weak
INDIRECT (VIA stupid) -> smart
Similarity of adj weak
12 senses of weak
Sense 1
weak (vs. strong)
=> anemic, anaemic
=> adynamic, asthenic, debilitated, enervated
=> faint, feeble
=> feeble, lame
=> flaccid, lax, limp, slack
=> flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin
=> flimsy, fragile
=> jerry-built, shoddy
=> namby-pamby, gutless, spineless, wishy-washy
=> pale, pallid, wan, sick
=> puny
=> vulnerable
=> weakened
Also See> delicate#1; tender#6, untoughened#1; powerless#1
Sense 2
watery, washy, weak
=> diluted (vs. undiluted), dilute
Sense 3
unaccented, light, weak
=> unstressed (vs. stressed)
Sense 4
fallible, frail, imperfect, weak
=> human (vs. nonhuman)
Sense 5
weak
=> down (vs. up)
Sense 6
weak
=> unskilled (vs. skilled)
Sense 7
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
=> frail (vs. robust)
Sense 8
weak
=> regular (vs. irregular)
Sense 9
weak
=> powerless (vs. powerful)
Sense 10
faint, weak
=> perceptible (vs. imperceptible)
Sense 11
weak
=> fallible (vs. infallible)
Sense 12
weak
=> stupid (vs. smart)
Pertainyms of adj weak
Attributes of adj weak
1 of 12 senses of weak
Sense 1
weak (vs. strong)
=> strength
Domain of adj weak
1 of 12 senses of weak
Sense 8
weak
TOPIC>(noun) grammar#1
Domain Terms of adj weak
Familiarity of adj weak
weak used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count =12)
Grep of adj weak
weak
weak-kneed
weak-stemmed
weakened
weakening
weakly
Grep of adv weak
weakly
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