weaker
More easily broken
Weaker is the comparative form of weak—less strong, less powerful, less capable.
A weaker signal is harder to detect.
The weaker candidate has less support.
She felt weaker after the illness.
In comparisons, weaker measures one thing against another: Coffee is weaker than espresso at this café.
Lacking color intensity
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- listlessLacking energy or enthusiasm
- enervatedDepleted of vitality
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
debilitated · fatigued · frail · insubstantial · wispy · dim · faded · indistinct
Decreasing in strength
- decreasingBecoming smaller or fewer
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- deterioratingBecoming progressively worse
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
ebbing · eroding · impaired · lessening · lowering · shrinking · subsiding · waning
Reduced in strength
- thinnedReduced in concentration
- dilutedMade weaker by adding liquid
- cutSeverance or reduction
- mixedBlended from varied elements
adulterated · blended · dissolved · extended · attenuated · lessened · reduced · lightened
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- helplessUnable to act independently
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
endangered · at-risk · precarious · threatened · imperiled · assailable · undefended · sensitive
Liable to shatter
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- breakableCapable of shattering
- frailWeak and breakable
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
insubstantial · crumbling · deteriorating · compromised · unstable · shakier · flimsier · cracked
Made quieter or softer
- softenedMade less severe
- toned-downMade less extreme
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- restrainedHeld under control
tempered · mellow · quieter · tamer · subtle · modest · downplayed · dull
Acknowledging another's claim
- capitulatingCeasing to resist
- succumbingCeasing to resist
- submittingGiving in or delivering
- acquiescingConsenting without protest
deferring · complying · surrendering · retreating · withdrawing · compromising · accommodating · caving
pale
Lacking color intensity
exhausted · debilitated · fatigued · frail · insubstantial · wispy · dim · faded · indistinct · wavering
declining
Decreasing in strength
- decreasingBecoming smaller or fewer
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- deterioratingBecoming progressively worse
diminishing · ebbing · eroding · impaired · lessening · lowering · shrinking · subsiding · waning · wilting
watered-down
Reduced in strength
mixed · adulterated · blended · dissolved · extended · attenuated · lessened · reduced · lightened · tempered
exposed
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- helplessUnable to act independently
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
unprotected · endangered · at-risk · precarious · threatened · imperiled · assailable · undefended · sensitive · penetrable
brittle
Liable to shatter
flimsy · insubstantial · crumbling · deteriorating · compromised · unstable · shakier · flimsier · cracked · worn
muted
Made quieter or softer
- softenedMade less severe
- toned-downMade less extreme
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
restrained · tempered · mellow · quieter · tamer · subtle · modest · downplayed · dull · blurred
conceding
Acknowledging another's claim
- capitulatingCeasing to resist
- succumbingCeasing to resist
- submittingGiving in or delivering
acquiescing · deferring · complying · surrendering · retreating · withdrawing · compromising · accommodating · caving · folding
- comparisoncomparative, contrast, superlative, matching, positive
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
- Taste Comparisonssweeter, saltier, sourer, spicier, milder
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- weakest linkMost vulnerable component
- weak spotVulnerability to exploit
- weak pointExploitable flaw or vulnerability
- weak linkLeast reliable component
- weak in the kneesOverwhelmed to unsteadiness
- weak kneesTrembling lower limbs
weak, weaken, weakness, weakened, weakening, weakens, weakest, unweakened