weak | (adjective) wanting in physical strength | - |
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(adjective) overly diluted; thin and insipid | Synonyms: washy, watery |
(adjective) tending downward in price | - |
(adjective) likely to fail under stress or pressure | - |
(adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | Synonyms: debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weakly |
(adjective) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | Synonyms: fallible, frail, imperfect |
(adjective) deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc | Synonyms: faint |
(adjective) not having authority, political strength, or governing power | - |
(adjective) (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection | - |
(adjective) deficient in intelligence or mental power | - |
(adjective) deficient or lacking in some skill | - |
(adjective) (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress | Synonyms: light, unaccented |
weaken | (verb) become weaker | - |
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(verb) lessen the strength of | - |
(verb) reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of | Synonyms: de-escalate, step down |
(verb) lessen in force or effect | Synonyms: break, damp, dampen, soften |
(verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine |
weakened | (adjective) damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value | Synonyms: hurt |
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(adjective) reduced in strength | Synonyms: attenuate, attenuated, faded |
(adjective) mixed with water | Synonyms: cut, thinned |
(adjective) impaired by diminution | Synonyms: diminished, lessened, vitiated |
(adjective) made weak or weaker | - |
weakener | (noun) that which weakens or causes a loss of strength | - |
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weakening | (adjective) causing debilitation | Synonyms: debilitative, enervating, enfeebling |
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(adjective) moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker | - |
(noun) the act of reducing the strength of something | - |
(noun) becoming weaker | - |
weakfish | (noun) food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out | Synonyms: Cynoscion regalis |
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(noun) lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
weakling | (noun) a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: doormat, wuss |
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weakly | (adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | Synonyms: debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak |
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(adverb) in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree | - |
weakness | (noun) the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain | - |
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(noun) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | Synonyms: helplessness, impuissance |
(noun) a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you | - |
(noun) a flaw or weak point | Synonyms: failing |
(noun) the condition of being financially weak | - |
weal | (noun) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions | Synonyms: wale, welt, wheal |
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weald | (noun) an area of open or forested country | - |
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wealth | (noun) the quality of profuse abundance | - |
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(noun) property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value | - |
(noun) an abundance of material possessions and resources | Synonyms: riches |
(noun) the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money | Synonyms: wealthiness |
wealthily | (adverb) with riches | - |
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wealthiness | (noun) the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money | Synonyms: wealth |
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wealthy | (adjective) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value | Synonyms: affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, substantial |
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wean | (verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk | Synonyms: ablactate |
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(verb) detach the affections of | - |
weaned | (adjective) freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk | - |
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weaning | (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | Synonyms: ablactation |
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weapon | (noun) any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting | Synonyms: arm, weapon system |
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(noun) a means of persuading or arguing | Synonyms: artillery |
weaponed | (adjective) carrying weapons | Synonyms: equipped |
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weaponize | (verb) make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon | - |
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weaponless | (adjective) without a weapon | - |
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weaponry | (noun) weapons considered collectively | Synonyms: arms, implements of war, munition, weapons system |
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wear | (noun) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | Synonyms: wearing |
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(noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wearable |
(noun) impairment resulting from long use | - |
(verb) be dressed in | Synonyms: have on |
(verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: assume, don, get into, put on |
(verb) have or show an appearance of | - |
(verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
(verb) have on one's person | Synonyms: bear |
(verb) deteriorate through use or stress | Synonyms: wear down, wear off, wear out, wear thin |
(verb) go to pieces | Synonyms: break, bust, fall apart, wear out |
(verb) last and be usable | Synonyms: endure, hold out |
(verb) have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality | - |
wearable | (adjective) suitable for wear or able to be worn | - |
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(noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear |
wearer | (noun) a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory | - |
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wearied | (adjective) exhausted | Synonyms: jaded |
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wearily | (adverb) in a weary manner | Synonyms: tiredly |
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weariness | (noun) temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work | Synonyms: fatigue, tiredness |
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wearing | (adjective) producing exhaustion | Synonyms: exhausting, tiring, wearying |
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(noun) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | Synonyms: wear |
(noun) (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively | Synonyms: eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing away |
wearisome | (adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | Synonyms: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome |
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weary | (adjective) physically and mentally fatigued | Synonyms: aweary |
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(verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon |
(verb) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | Synonyms: fatigue, jade, pall, tire |
wearying | (adjective) producing exhaustion | Synonyms: exhausting, tiring, wearing |
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weasel | (noun) small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck | - |
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(noun) a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky | - |
weather | (adjective) towards the side exposed to wind | Synonyms: upwind |
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(noun) the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation | Synonyms: atmospheric condition, conditions, weather condition |
(verb) change under the action or influence of the weather | - |
(verb) cause to slope | - |
(verb) sail to the windward of | - |
(verb) face and withstand with courage | Synonyms: brave, brave out, endure |
weatherboard | (noun) the side toward the wind | Synonyms: weather side, windward side |
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(noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: clapboard, weatherboarding |
weatherboarding | (noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: clapboard, weatherboard |
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weathercock | (noun) weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster | - |
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weathered | (adjective) worn by exposure to the weather | Synonyms: weather-beaten, weatherworn |
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weatherglass | (noun) a simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric pressure | - |
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weatherliness | (noun) (of a sailing vessel) the quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind) | - |
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weatherly | (adjective) (of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled | - |
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weatherman | (noun) predicts the weather | Synonyms: weather forecaster |
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weatherproof | (adjective) able to withstand exposure to weather without damage | - |
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(verb) make resistant to bad weather | - |
weatherstrip | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstripping |
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(verb) provide with weatherstripping | - |
weatherstripping | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstrip |
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weathervane | (noun) mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: vane, weather vane, wind vane |
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weatherworn | (adjective) worn by exposure to the weather | Synonyms: weather-beaten, weathered |
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weave | (noun) pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric | - |
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(verb) interlace by or as if by weaving | Synonyms: interweave |
(verb) create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton | Synonyms: tissue |
(verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: meander, thread, wander, wind |
(verb) sway from side to side | Synonyms: waver |
weaver | (noun) finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests | Synonyms: weaver finch, weaverbird |
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(noun) a craftsman who weaves cloth | - |
weaverbird | (noun) finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests | Synonyms: weaver, weaver finch |
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weaving | (noun) creating fabric | - |
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web | (noun) the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft | Synonyms: vane |
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(noun) membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals | - |
(noun) an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim | Synonyms: entanglement |
(noun) a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven) | - |
(noun) computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol | Synonyms: World Wide Web, WWW |
(noun) an interconnected system of things or people | Synonyms: network |
(noun) an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving | - |
(verb) construct or form a web, as if by weaving | Synonyms: net |
webbed | (adjective) (of the feet of some animals) having the digits connected by a thin fold of skin | - |
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(adjective) having open interstices or resembling a web | Synonyms: lacy, netlike, netted, webby, weblike |
webbing | (noun) a strong fabric woven in strips | - |
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(noun) a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts | - |
(noun) something forming a web (as between the toes of birds) | - |
webby | (adjective) having open interstices or resembling a web | Synonyms: lacy, netlike, netted, webbed, weblike |
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webcam | (noun) a digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet | - |
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weber | (noun) a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells | Synonyms: Wb |
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webfoot | (noun) a foot having the toes connected by folds of skin | - |
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weblike | (adjective) having open interstices or resembling a web | Synonyms: lacy, netlike, netted, webbed, webby |
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webmaster | (noun) a technician who designs or maintains a website | - |
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webpage | (noun) a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser | Synonyms: web page |
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website | (noun) a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web | Synonyms: internet site, site, web site |
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webworm | (noun) several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed | - |
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wed | (adjective) having been taken in marriage | Synonyms: wedded |
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(verb) take in marriage; married | Synonyms: conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry |
(verb) perform a marriage ceremony | Synonyms: marry, splice, tie |
wedded | (adjective) having been taken in marriage | Synonyms: wed |
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wedding | (noun) the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony | Synonyms: marriage, marriage ceremony |
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(noun) the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed | Synonyms: hymeneals, nuptials, wedding ceremony |
(noun) a party of people at a wedding | Synonyms: wedding party |
wedel | (verb) ski, alternating directions | - |
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wedge | (noun) something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them | - |
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(noun) a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object | Synonyms: chock |
(noun) a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe | Synonyms: wedge heel |
(noun) (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole | - |
(noun) a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation | Synonyms: hacek |
(noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, zep |
(noun) any shape that is triangular in cross section | Synonyms: cuneus, wedge shape |
(verb) squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | Synonyms: force, squeeze |
(verb) put, fix, force, or implant | Synonyms: deposit, lodge, stick |
wedged | (adjective) wedged or packed in together | Synonyms: impacted |
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wedgie | (noun) a shoe with a wedge heel | - |
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wedlock | (noun) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | Synonyms: marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union |
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wee | (adjective) very early | - |
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(adjective) (used informally) little or tiny | Synonyms: bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy-weensy, teensy, teentsy, teeny-weeny, teeny, weensy, weeny |
(noun) a short time | - |
(verb) eliminate urine | Synonyms: make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee-pee, pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee-wee |
weeaboo | (noun) A white person, who is obsessed with Japanese culture, usually pejorative | Synonyms: weeb |
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weeb | (noun) A white person, who is obsessed with Japanese culture, usually pejorative | Synonyms: weeaboo |
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weed | (noun) street names for marijuana | Synonyms: dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke |
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(noun) a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning | Synonyms: mourning band |
(noun) any plant that crowds out cultivated plants | - |
(verb) clear of weeds | - |
weeder | (noun) a hand tool for removing weeds | Synonyms: weed-whacker |
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(noun) a farmhand hired to remove weeds | - |
weedkiller | (noun) a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: herbicide, weed killer |
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weedless | (adjective) free from weeds | - |
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weeds | (noun) a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning | Synonyms: widow's weeds |
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weedy | (adjective) abounding with or resembling weeds | - |
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(adjective) being very thin | Synonyms: boney, bony, scraggly, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight |
week | (noun) any period of seven consecutive days | Synonyms: hebdomad |
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(noun) hours or days of work in a calendar week | Synonyms: workweek |
(noun) a period of seven consecutive days (usually reckoned to be from Sunday to Saturday, or from Monday to Sunday) | Synonyms: calendar week |
weekday | (noun) any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday) | - |
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weekend | (noun) a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday | - |
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(verb) spend the weekend | - |
weekender | (noun) a small suitcase to carry clothing and accessories for a weekend trip | - |
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(noun) someone who vacations on a weekend | - |
weeklong | (adjective) lasting through a week | Synonyms: seven-day |
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weekly | (adjective) of or occurring every seven days | Synonyms: hebdomadal, hebdomadary |
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(noun) a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year) | - |
(adverb) without missing a week | Synonyms: each week, every week, hebdomadally |
weeknight | (noun) any night of the week except Saturday or Sunday | - |
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weeness | (noun) the property of being very small in size | Synonyms: diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess |
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weenie | (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frank, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, wiener, wienerwurst |
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weensy | (adjective) (used informally) little or tiny | Synonyms: bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy-weensy, teensy, teentsy, teeny-weeny, teeny, wee, weeny |
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weeny | (adjective) (used informally) little or tiny | Synonyms: bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy-weensy, teensy, teentsy, teeny-weeny, teeny, wee, weensy |
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weep | (verb) shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain | Synonyms: cry |
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weeper | (noun) a person who weeps | Synonyms: crier |
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(noun) a hired mourner | - |
weepiness | (noun) sadness expressed by weeping | Synonyms: tearfulness |
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weeping | (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful |
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(adjective) having branches or flower heads that bend downward | Synonyms: cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous |
(noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | Synonyms: crying, tears |
weepy | (adjective) liable to weep easily | - |
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weevil | (noun) any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles | - |
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weewee | (noun) liquid excretory product | Synonyms: pee, piddle, piss, urine, water |
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weft | (noun) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | Synonyms: filling, pick, woof |
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