Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wimp
2 senses of wimp
Sense 1
wimp, chicken, crybaby -- (a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy)
=> weakling, doormat, wuss -- (a person who is physically weak and ineffectual)
Sense 2
weakly interacting massive particle, WIMP -- (a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe)
=> elementary particle, fundamental particle -- ((physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter)