Synonyms of the word

faint

• adj. (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness.
• adj. Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.
• adj. hardly perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.
• adj. Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.
• adj. Slight; minimal.
• n. The act of fainting, syncope.
• n. (rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
• v. (intransitive) To lose consciousness. Caused by a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as…
• v. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
• v. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

conk

• n. The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom…
• n. (slang) A nose, especially a large one.
• n. Alternative spelling of conch.
• v. (slang) To hit, especially on the head.
• n. (US, dated) A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair.
• v. (US, dated) To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.

cowardly

• adj. Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; basely or weakly fearful.
• adv. (archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.

deliquium

• n. (chemistry) Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
• n. (pathology) An abrupt loss of consciousness usually caused by an insufficient blood flow to the brain;…
• n. (literary, figuratively) A languid, maudlin mood.
• n. (rare) An abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse.

dim

• adj. Not bright or colorful.
• adj. (colloquial) Not smart or intelligent.
• adj. Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
• adj. Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.
• adv. Dimly, indistinctly.
• n. (archaic) Dimness.
• v. (transitive) To make something less bright.
• v. (intransitive) To become darker.
• v. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken;…
• v. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes;…

faint-hearted

• adj. Lacking courage; timid.

fainthearted

• adj. Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful.

fearful

• adj. Frightening.
• adj. (now rare) Frightened, filled with terror.
• adj. Tending to fear.
• adj. (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.

feeble

• adj. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
• adj. Lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint.
• v. (obsolete) To make feeble; to enfeeble.

ill

• adj. (obsolete) Evil; wicked (of people).
• adj. (archaic) Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
• adj. Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
• adj. Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
• adj. Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
• adj. Having an urge to vomit.
• adj. (hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
• adj. (slang) Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
• adv. Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.
• n. (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
• n. Harm or injury.
• n. Evil; moral wrongfulness.
• n. A physical ailment; an illness.
• n. (US, slang) PCP, phencyclidine.

indistinct

• adj. (of an image etc) not clearly defined or not having a sharp outline; faint or dim.
• adj. (of a thought, idea etc) hazy or vague.
• adj. (of speech) difficult to understand.

light

• n. (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation…
• n. A source of illumination.
• n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
• n. (in the plural, now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
• n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
• n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those…
• n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
• n. A flame or something used to create fire.
• n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
• n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
• n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
• n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
• n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
• n. The power of perception by vision.
• n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
• n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler…
• v. (transitive) To start (a fire).
• v. (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
• v. (transitive) To illuminate.
• v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
• v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
• adj. Having light.
• adj. Pale in colour.
• adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
• adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
• adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
• adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
• adj. Easy to endure or perform.
• adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
• adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
• adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached.
• adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
• adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
• adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
• adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
• adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
• adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
• adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
• adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
• adv. Carrying little.
• n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
• v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.
• v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
• v. To find by chance.
• v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.
• v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.

light-headed

• adj. Alternative spelling of lightheaded.

lightheaded

• adj. Dizzy or feeling faint, usually caused by a drop in blood pressure to the brain.

perceptible

• adj. Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
• n. Anything that can be perceived.

shadowy

• adj. In shadow; darkened by shadows.
• adj. (of character) Dark, obscure.

sick

• adj. Having an urge to vomit.
• adj. (chiefly US) In poor health.
• adj. (colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.
• adj. (colloquial) In bad taste.
• adj. Tired of or annoyed by something.
• adj. (slang) Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
• adj. In poor condition.
• adj. (agriculture) Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.
• n. Sick people in general as a group.
• n. (Britain, colloquial) vomit.
• v. To vomit.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To fall sick; to sicken.
• v. (rare) Alternative spelling of sic.

swoon

• n. A faint.
• n. An infatuation.
• v. To faint, to lose consciousness.
• v. To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
• v. To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.

swooning

• v. present participle of swoon.
• n. A swoon or faint.

syncope

• n. A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon.
• n. (prosody, phonology) The absence of a sound from the interior of a word, for example by changing cannot…
• n. A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.

timid

• adj. Lacking in courage or confidence.

vague

• adj. Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
• adj. Not having a precise meaning.
• adj. Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
• adj. Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
• adj. Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.
• adj. Lacking expression; vacant.
• adj. Not sharply outlined; hazy.
• adj. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
• n. (obsolete) A wandering; a vagary.
• n. An indefinite expanse.
• v. To wander; to roam; to stray.

weak

• adj. Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
• adj. Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
• adj. Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible;…
• adj. Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
• adj. (grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including.
• adj. (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
• adj. (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
• adj. (slang) Bad or uncool.
• adj. (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted…
• adj. Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
• adj. Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
• adj. Lacking in vigour or expression.
• adj. Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
• adj. (stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.
• adj. (photography) Lacking contrast.

wispy

• adj. Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.