weakling
Bully's usual victim
A weakling is a person or animal lacking physical strength or stamina.
The word often carries contempt—calling someone a weakling suggests they're pathetically feeble: Don't be such a weakling; pick up the box.
It extends to moral or emotional weakness: He was a weakling who couldn't stand up to his overbearing mother.
Timid, feeble person
- wussTimid, weak person
- chickenDomestic fowl for eating
- sissyPejorative for effeminate male
- scaredy-catOverly timid person
pushover · doormat · spineless · gutless · yellow-bellied · lily-livered · namby-pamby · milksop
Small and weak
- scrawnyUnattractively thin and bony
- frailWeak and breakable
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- skinnyVery thin, underweight
bony · spindly · underdeveloped · sickly · delicate · fragile · infirm · debilitated
Entry rug for wiping
- pushoverEasily defeated opponent
- patsyEasily deceived victim
- passiveNot actively participating
- meekHumbly unassertive
subservient · docile · compliant · obedient · submissive · yielding · acquiescent · deferential
wimp
Timid, feeble person
scaredy-cat · pushover · doormat · spineless · gutless · yellow-bellied · lily-livered · namby-pamby · milksop · pantywaist
puny
Small and weak
skinny · bony · spindly · underdeveloped · sickly · delicate · fragile · infirm · debilitated · anemic
doormat
Entry rug for wiping
meek · subservient · docile · compliant · obedient · submissive · yielding · acquiescent · deferential · servile
lightweight
Lacking mass or importance
- ineffectualFailing to achieve purpose
- powerlessLacking strength or authority
- impotentLacking power or efficacy
inadequate · incapable · inept · useless · hopeless · pathetic · sorry · pitiful · feckless · unfit
prey
Animal being hunted
pawn · dupe · sucker · chump · mark · fall guy · stooge · easy mark · soft touch · sitting duck
- pushoverspushover, doormat, wimp, milquetoast, meek
- small frysmall fry, small-fry, pipsqueak, little guy, nobody
- sycophantssycophant, sycophants, toady, toadies, bootlicker
- losersloser, failure, runner-up, flop, beaten
- suckerssucker, lollipop, Dum Dum, Tootsie Pop, all-day sucker
- unfortunatesvictims, unfortunate, wretch, poor soul, lost soul
weaklingstrongman
Powerful lifter or despot
powerhouse · Hercules · titan · hulk · brute
weaklingstalwart
Unwavering loyal supporter
hero · mensch · stouthearted · courageous · resolute
weaklingpowerhouse
Source of great energy
strongman · alpha · force of nature · heavy hitter · dynamo