Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wilt

2 senses of wilt

Sense 1
wilt -- (lose strength; "My opponent was wilting")
       => weaken -- (become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days")

Sense 2
wilt, droop -- (become limp; "The flowers wilted")
       => decay, crumble, dilapidate -- (fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay")

Antonyms of adj wilted

1 sense of wilted

Sense 1
limp, wilted -- (not firm; "wilted lettuce")

INDIRECT (VIA stale) -> fresh -- (recently made, produced, or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"; "fresh lettuce")

Similarity of adj wilted

1 sense of wilted

Sense 1
limp, wilted -- (not firm; "wilted lettuce")
       => stale (vs. fresh) -- (lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale")

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