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100 Best Synonyms for “Weakness”

November 4, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. Achilles heel a critical point of weakness
2. addiction dependence as a weakness
3. anxiety troubled uneasy weakness
4. awkwardness lack of grace or skill
5. bias inclination showing weakness
6. blind spot an unnoticed weakness
7. carelessness failure to take proper care
8. clumsiness awkward lack of skill
9. cowardice lack of bravery
10. craving strong desire as weakness
11. credulity readiness to believe too easily
12. debility physical weakness or frailty
13. defect an imperfection or weakness
14. deficiency a lack causing weakness
15. dependence reliance showing lack of strength
16. diffidence shy lack of confidence
17. downside negative aspect or weakness
18. drawback a disadvantage or weakness
19. dullness lack of sharpness or intelligence
20. enervation loss of strength or vitality
21. exhaustion extreme physical weakness
22. failing a personal weakness or fault
23. faintheartedness lack of courage or confidence
24. fault a weakness or failing
25. feebleness the state of being weak
26. fickleness changeable weakness of loyalty
27. flaw a weakness or imperfection
28. foolishness lack of good sense
29. forgetfulness tendency to forget
30. fragility easily damaged or broken quality
31. frailty physical or moral weakness
32. gap missing part or weakness
33. gullibility easily deceived quality
34. hang-up a psychological weakness
35. helplessness inability to act effectively
36. hole an obvious weakness
37. ignorance lack of knowledge
38. imperfection a flaw or weakness
39. inability lack of ability
40. inattention lack of attention
41. incapacity lack of ability or strength
42. indecision inability to decide firmly
43. ineffectiveness lack of effectiveness or strength
44. ineptitude lack of skill or ability
45. infirmity physical or mental weakness
46. insecurity lack of confidence or safety
47. instability lack of firmness or balance
48. irresolution lack of firm determination
49. lack absence creating weakness
50. lassitude lack of energy
51. laxity careless looseness or weakness
52. lethargy sluggish lack of energy
53. liability a source of disadvantage
54. limitation a restricting weakness or drawback
55. listlessness lack of energy or interest
56. minus a disadvantage or weakness
57. naivety innocent lack of judgment
58. neediness excessive dependence or vulnerability
59. negligence careless failure of duty
60. nervousness anxious lack of steadiness
61. oversensitivity excessive emotional sensitivity
62. partiality biased weakness or preference
63. passivity inactive or yielding weakness
64. penchant strong liking or weakness
65. pliancy easily bent or influenced quality
66. poor health state of physical weakness
67. powerlessness lack of power or strength
68. predilection special liking as weakness
69. problem a troublesome weakness
70. prostration extreme physical weakness
71. pusillanimity contemptible lack of courage
72. sensitivity easily affected condition
73. sentimentality excessive emotional softness
74. shortcoming a weakness or deficiency
75. slackness lack of energy or strictness
76. soft spot a sentimental weakness
77. softness lack of hardness or toughness
78. spinelessness lack of courage or resolve
79. stupidity lack of intelligence or judgment
80. submissiveness readiness to yield too easily
81. susceptibility tendency to be affected easily
82. taste personal liking or weakness
83. timidity lack of courage or confidence
84. torpor physical or mental inactivity
85. touchiness easily offended sensitivity
86. trouble spot place of weakness or difficulty
87. unfitness lack of suitability or strength
88. unreliability lack of dependability
89. unsteadiness lack of steadiness
90. vacillation indecisive weakness of will
91. vice immoral habit or weakness
92. volatility unstable tendency to change
93. vulnerability susceptibility to harm or attack
94. vulnerable point a point of weakness
95. want lack or deficiency
96. weak point a specific weakness
97. weariness tired weak condition
98. yearning deep desire or weakness
99. yen strong craving or weakness
100. yieldingness tendency to give way

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