Need another word that means the same as “limp”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “limp” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Limp” are: gimp, hitch, hobble, walk with a limp, walk with difficulty, walk lamely, walk haltingly, walk unevenly, falter, lameness, shuffle, wilted
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “limp” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| hitch | An act of hitch hiking. Everything went without a hitch. |
| hobble | A shackle for the ankles or feet. He finished the match almost reduced to a hobble. |
| lameness | An imperfection or defectiveness. A stylist noted for the lameness of his plots. |
| shuffle | A change of order or relative positions a reshuffle. There was a shuffle of approaching feet. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “limp” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| falter | Be unsure or weak. Their enthusiasm is faltering. |
| gimp | Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury. |
| hitch | Travel by hitch hiking. Hitch the trailer to the car. |
| hobble | Restrict the activity or development of. Johnson was still hobbled slightly by an ankle injury. |
| walk haltingly | Walk at a pace. |
| walk lamely | Use one’s feet to advance; advance by steps. |
| walk unevenly | Use one’s feet to advance; advance by steps. |
| walk with a limp | Accompany or escort. |
| walk with difficulty | Be or act in association with. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “limp” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| wilted | (of plants) limp due to heat, loss of water, or disease. The afternoon heat left her feeling wilted. |
| delicate | A delicate fabric or garment. A delicate approach is needed. |
| drooping | Having branches or flower heads that bend downward. Lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers. |
| effete | Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay. Effete trendies from art college. |
| emaciated | Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food. She was so emaciated she could hardly stand. |
| exhausted | Drained of energy or effectiveness extremely tired completely exhausted. She returned home exhausted from work. |
| exhaustion | Serious weakening and loss of energy. He was pale with exhaustion. |
| fatigue | (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something. We re on cookhouse fatigues sir. |
| fatigued | Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted. |
| feeble | Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. Feeble efforts. |
| flagging | Becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength. The flagging in the garden was quite imaginative. |
| fragile | (of an object) easily broken or damaged. A fragile claim to fame. |
| frail | The weight of a frail basket full of raisins or figs between 50 and 75 pounds. His small frail body. |
| gaunt | Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys. |
| haggard | A haggard hawk. Alex s haggard face. |
| hobble | Walk in an awkward way, typically because of pain from an injury. The chairman was hobbled by the all powerful dean. |
| impotent | Unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless. Technology without morality is barbarous morality without technology is impotent. |
| lackadaisical | Idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way. A lackadaisical defence left Spurs adrift in the second half. |
| languid | (of a person, manner, or gesture) having or showing a disinclination for physical exertion or effort. A languid wave of the hand. |
| lax | Of a speech sound especially a vowel pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed. Muscles have more potential energy when they are stretched than when they are lax. |
| listless | Lacking zest or vivacity. Reacted to the crisis with listless resignation. |
| pall | Cover with a pall. Pall the beer. |
| pallid | Lacking vigour or intensity; insipid. Pallid liberalism. |
| sick | People who are sick. Sick to death of flattery. |
| stale | Make or become stale. Stale news. |
| tire | Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress. Automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air. |
| tired | Depleted of strength or energy. Fisher rubbed his tired eyes. |
| uninterested | Not having or showing interest. I was totally uninterested in boys. |
| weak | Relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts only at distances less than about 10 cm is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions and conserves neither strangeness parity nor isospin. A weak pulse. |
| weaken | Become weaker. The prisoner s resistance weakened after seven days. |
| weary | Feeling or showing extreme tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion. Aweary is archaic. |
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