Antonyms of adj feeble

4 senses of feeble

Sense 1
feeble, lame -- (pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument")

INDIRECT (VIA weak) -> strong -- (having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man")

Sense 2
faint, feeble -- (lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice")

INDIRECT (VIA weak) -> strong -- (having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man")

Sense 3
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly -- (lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless")

INDIRECT (VIA frail) -> robust -- (sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial")

Sense 4
feeble, nerveless -- (lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne)

INDIRECT (VIA powerless) -> powerful -- (having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument")

Similarity of adj feeble

4 senses of feeble

Sense 1
feeble, lame -- (pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument")
       => weak (vs. strong) -- (wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar")

Sense 2
faint, feeble -- (lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice")
       => weak (vs. strong) -- (wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar")

Sense 3
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly -- (lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless")
       => frail (vs. robust) -- (physically weak; "an invalid's frail body")

Sense 4
feeble, nerveless -- (lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne)
       => powerless (vs. powerful) -- (lacking power)

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