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Defenition of the word weakness

    • Defenition of the word weakness

      • The quality or state of being weak.
      • a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings"
      • powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains highly active"
      • the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed"
      • a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you; "he has a weakness for chocolate"
      • the condition of being financially weak; "the weakness of the dollar against the yen"
      • a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife''s failings"
      • the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain
      • powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
      • a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you
      • a flaw or weak point
      • the condition of being financially weak

    Synonyms for the word weakness

      • failing
      • helplessness
      • impuissance

    Hyponyms for the word weakness

      • adynamia
      • attenuation
      • delicacy
      • enervation
      • faintness
      • fatigability
      • fatigue
      • feebleness
      • flaw
      • flimsiness
      • fragility
      • inadequacy
      • inanition
      • insubstantiality
      • insufficiency
      • lassitude
      • lethargy
      • littleness
      • shoddiness
      • slackness
      • smallness
      • soft spot
      • tenuity
      • vulnerability
      • weak part
      • weak spot

    Hypernyms for the word weakness

      • bad luck
      • ill luck
      • imperfection
      • imperfectness
      • impotence
      • impotency
      • misfortune
      • penchant
      • powerlessness
      • predilection
      • preference
      • property
      • taste
      • tough luck

    Antonyms for the word weakness

      • strength

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