debilitate

The word “debilitate” has 4 syllables: de-bil-i-tate

It's pronounced as /dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for debilitate?

In the thesaurus, “debilitate” has 41 synonyms and 24 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for debilitate along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for debilitate

  • attenuate
  • blunt
  • break down
  • cripple
  • damage
  • deplete
  • depress
  • devitalize
  • disable
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • etiolate
  • eviscerate
  • exhaust
  • extenuate
  • hamstring
  • harm
  • hurt
  • impair
  • impoverish
  • incapacitate
  • injure
  • invalid
  • lay up
  • mar
  • paralyze
  • prostrate
  • relax
  • sap
  • soften
  • spoil
  • tire
  • unbrace
  • undermine
  • unman
  • unstrengthen
  • wash out
  • waste
  • weaken
  • wear down
  • wear out

Antonyms for debilitate

  • aid
  • animate
  • assist
  • assuage
  • cure
  • enable
  • energize
  • fix
  • fortify
  • grow
  • harden
  • heal
  • help
  • increase
  • invigorate
  • mend
  • please
  • recruit
  • rejuvenate
  • season
  • soothe
  • strengthen
  • toughen
  • vitalize

Meanings of debilitate

  • verb
    1. To make feeble; to weaken.

Example Sentences

  • The disease began to debilitate his body, making daily tasks increasingly difficult.
  • The prolonged stress can debilitate one's mental and physical health.
  • The economic downturn was enough to debilitate many small businesses.
  • She tried to debilitate her opponent’s confidence with strategic psychological tactics.
  • The medication was intended to debilitate the symptoms, but it came with significant side effects.

On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to debilitate, such as: aid, animate, assist, assuage, attenuate, blunt, break down.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

damp

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  • saturate
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  • semimoist
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dampen

  • abate
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  • alleviate
  • bathe
  • bedew
  • benumb
  • besprinkle
  • blunt
  • burn out
  • castrate
  • cauterize
  • check
  • chill
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  • damp
  • dash
  • daunt
  • deaden
  • debilitate
  • decrease
  • dehydrate
  • deject
  • demoralize
  • depress
  • desiccate
  • devitalize
  • diminish
  • dip
  • discourage
  • dishearten
  • dismay
  • dispirit
  • do in
  • douse
  • dowse
  • drain
  • drench
  • dull
  • dunk
  • dwindle
  • ease
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • exhaust
  • fatigue
  • flush
  • geld
  • humble
  • humidify
  • immerge
  • immerse
  • impregnate
  • inhibit
  • irrigate
  • lave
  • lessen
  • lighten
  • lobotomize
  • lower
  • moderate
  • moisten
  • muffle
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  • numb
  • petrify
  • recede
  • reduce
  • refresh
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  • remoisten
  • restrain
  • rinse
  • sap
  • saturate
  • sluice
  • soak
  • souse
  • spray
  • sprinkle
  • steep
  • stifle
  • subdue
  • subside
  • undermine
  • wane
  • wash
  • water
  • weaken
  • wear
  • wear out
  • wet

ebb

  • abasement
  • abate
  • abatement
  • alleviate
  • atrophy
  • backflow
  • break down
  • breakup
  • collapse
  • compress
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • corrupt
  • crumble
  • crumbling
  • dark age
  • de-escalate
  • de-escalation
  • debasement
  • debilitate
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decimation
  • declension
  • declination
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  • decompose
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • deflate
  • deflation
  • degeneracy
  • degenerate
  • degeneration
  • degradation
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  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • depreciation
  • descend
  • descent
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deteriorate
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • devolve
  • die down
  • die out
  • dilapidate
  • diminish
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dip
  • disintegrate
  • disintegration
  • dissolution
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downsize
  • downslide
  • downtrend
  • downturn
  • droop
  • drop
  • drop-off
  • dwindle
  • dwindling
  • ease
  • ease off
  • eclipse
  • evaporate
  • fade away
  • fading away
  • fail
  • fall
  • fall away
  • fall back
  • falloff
  • flag
  • flagging
  • flow back
  • give out
  • go out
  • go to pot
  • go to seed
  • going out
  • havoc
  • lag
  • languish
  • lessen
  • lessening
  • let up
  • loss
  • low tide
  • low water
  • lower
  • lowering
  • melt
  • moderate
  • molder
  • nadir
  • outward flow
  • pall
  • peter out
  • petering out
  • phase down
  • putrefy
  • recede
  • recession
  • reduce
  • reduction
  • refluence
  • reflux
  • regress
  • relax
  • relent
  • remit
  • retire
  • retreat
  • retrocede
  • retrocession
  • retroflux
  • retrograde
  • rot
  • rotting
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • run down
  • run to seed
  • sag
  • shrink
  • shrinkage
  • sink
  • sinking
  • slacken
  • slackening
  • slip
  • slump
  • sour
  • spoil
  • spoiling
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  • sunset
  • sweep
  • taper
  • taper off
  • undermine
  • vanish
  • wane
  • waning
  • weaken
  • weakening
  • wilt
  • withdraw
  • withdrawal
  • worsen

jade

daunt

  • afflict
  • baffle
  • bother
  • browbeat
  • bully
  • chill
  • consternate
  • cow
  • damp
  • dampen
  • deaden
  • debilitate
  • demoralize
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  • dishearten
  • dismay
  • dispirit
  • distress
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  • irk
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  • subdue
  • terrify
  • throw cold water on
  • thwart
  • trouble
  • try
  • undermine
  • unman
  • unnerve
  • vex
  • weaken
  • weigh
  • worry

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