weaklings
Those lacking strength
Weaklings are people who lack physical strength, courage, or force of character.
The word carries contempt—it's not a neutral description but a judgment: The coach had no patience for weaklings.
Someone might be called a weakling for failing to stand up for themselves or for being easily overpowered.
The singular weakling applies to one such person.
Those lacking courage
- pushoversThose easily persuaded
- doormatsThreshold foot-wipers
- spinelessLacking courage or resolve
- timidLacking courage or confidence
meek · submissive · gutless · chickens · yellow-bellied · milquetoasts · jellyfish · wusses
Small and weak
- scrawnyUnattractively thin and bony
- frailWeak and breakable
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- skinnyVery thin, underweight
underdeveloped · wimps · runts · lightweights · shrimps · beanpoles · softies · delicate
Competitors expected to fail
- losersUnsuccessful competitors
- victimsThose who suffer harm
- bulliedRepeatedly mistreated by aggressors
- outcastsRejected, excluded people
misfits · targets · vulnerable · defenseless · powerless · helpless · exploited · subordinates
Not suited for purpose
- flabbySoft, loose, untoned
- sedentaryCharacterized by much sitting
- untrainedLacking learned skills
- nonathleticNot suited for sports
sluggish · deconditioned · soft · unathletic · unmuscular · unhealthy · inactive · lethargic
cowards
Those lacking courage
timid · meek · submissive · gutless · chickens · yellow-bellied · milquetoasts · jellyfish · wusses · pansies
puny
Small and weak
skinny · underdeveloped · wimps · runts · lightweights · shrimps · beanpoles · softies · delicate · sickly
underdogs
Competitors expected to fail
- losersUnsuccessful competitors
- victimsThose who suffer harm
- bulliedRepeatedly mistreated by aggressors
outcasts · misfits · targets · vulnerable · defenseless · powerless · helpless · exploited · subordinates · downtrodden
unfit
Not suited for purpose
nonathletic · sluggish · deconditioned · soft · unathletic · unmuscular · unhealthy · inactive · lethargic · unenergetic
- sycophantssycophant, sycophants, toady, toadies, bootlicker
weaklingsstrongmen
Authoritarian rulers or muscular performers
powerhouses · musclemen · titans · brutes · strongwomen
weaklingswarriors
People engaged in battle
fighters · stalwarts · tough guys · hardcases · survivors
weaklingsstrongmen
Authoritarian rulers or muscular performers
powerbrokers · overlords · tyrants · dominators · alphas