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 6 synonyms and 6 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for debilitate

  • attenuate
  • cripple
  • disable
  • eviscerate
  • soften
  • weaken

Antonyms for debilitate

  • aid
  • assist
  • enable
  • fortify
  • help
  • strengthen

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 12 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to debilitate, such as: aid, assist, attenuate, cripple, disable, enable, eviscerate.

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

Related Words

abated

  • abbreviated
  • abolished
  • aborted
  • abridged
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  • allayed
  • alleviated
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  • curtailed
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  • debilitated
  • declined
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  • feeble
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damp

  • abate
  • alleviate
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  • bathe
  • bathed
  • bedew
  • benumb
  • blunt
  • burn out
  • castrate
  • cauterize
  • clamminess
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  • dank
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  • daunt
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  • debilitate
  • decrease
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  • dispirit
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  • drain
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  • ease
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  • exhaust
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  • flush
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  • heavy
  • humid
  • humidify
  • humidity
  • immerge
  • immerse
  • impregnate
  • irrigate
  • irriguous
  • lave
  • lessen
  • lighten
  • lobotomize
  • lower
  • misty
  • moderate
  • moist
  • moisten
  • moistness
  • moisture
  • muffle
  • mugginess
  • muggy
  • mute
  • numb
  • oozy
  • oppressive
  • petrify
  • recede
  • reduce
  • refresh
  • rehydrate
  • remoisten
  • rinse
  • sap
  • saturate
  • saturated
  • semimoist
  • semitropic
  • semitropical
  • sluice
  • smothering
  • soak
  • soaked
  • soaking
  • sodden
  • soddenness
  • sogginess
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  • sopping
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  • souse
  • soused
  • steam bath
  • steamy
  • steep
  • steeped
  • stickiness
  • sticky
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  • stuffiness
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  • subdue
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  • subtropic
  • subtropical
  • suffocating
  • sultriness
  • sultry
  • summerlike
  • summery
  • sweltering
  • torrid
  • tropic
  • tropical
  • undermine
  • vaporous
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  • washed
  • water
  • water-soaked
  • watered
  • waterlogged
  • watery
  • weaken
  • wear
  • wear out
  • wet
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  • wettish

damped

  • abated
  • alleviated
  • bathed
  • bedewed
  • benumbed
  • blunted
  • burned out
  • burnt out
  • castrated
  • cauterized
  • choked
  • dampened
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  • dead
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  • debilitated
  • decreased
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  • demoralized
  • desiccated
  • devitalized
  • did in
  • diminished
  • dipped
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  • dowsed
  • drained
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  • dulled
  • dunked
  • dwindled
  • eased
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • exhausted
  • extinguished
  • fatigued
  • flushed
  • gelded
  • humidified
  • immerged
  • immersed
  • impregnated
  • irrigated
  • laved
  • lessened
  • lightened
  • lobotomized
  • lowered
  • moderated
  • moistened
  • muffled
  • muted
  • numbed
  • petrified
  • quenched
  • receded
  • reduced
  • refreshed
  • rehydrated
  • remoistened
  • rinsed
  • sapped
  • saturated
  • sluiced
  • smothered
  • soaked
  • soused
  • steeped
  • subdued
  • subsided
  • suffocated
  • undermined
  • waned
  • washed
  • watered
  • weakened
  • wet
  • wetted
  • wore
  • wore out

dampen

  • abate
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • bathe
  • bedew
  • benumb
  • besprinkle
  • blunt
  • burn out
  • castrate
  • cauterize
  • check
  • chill
  • cloud
  • cool
  • curb
  • dabble
  • 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
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  • recede
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  • remoisten
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  • sap
  • saturate
  • sluice
  • soak
  • souse
  • spray
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  • steep
  • stifle
  • subdue
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  • undermine
  • wane
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  • water
  • weaken
  • wear
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  • wet

dampened

  • abated
  • abject
  • all torn up
  • alleviated
  • atrabilious
  • bathed
  • bedewed
  • benumbed
  • black
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  • castrated
  • cauterized
  • cheerless
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  • decreased
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  • demoralized
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  • did in
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  • disconsolate
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  • doleful
  • doused
  • down
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  • down in the mouth
  • downcast
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  • dowsed
  • dragged
  • drained
  • drenched
  • drooping
  • droopy
  • dulled
  • dunked
  • dwindled
  • eased
  • emasculated
  • enervate
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • exhausted
  • fatigued
  • flushed
  • gelded
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • heavy-hearted
  • humidified
  • hurting
  • immerged
  • immersed
  • impregnated
  • in the pits
  • irrigated
  • knackered
  • laved
  • lessened
  • lightened
  • lobotomized
  • low
  • low-spirited
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  • melancholy
  • miserable
  • moderated
  • moistened
  • moody
  • mopey
  • mopish
  • morose
  • muffled
  • muted
  • numbed
  • petrified
  • receded
  • reduced
  • refreshed
  • rehydrated
  • remoistened
  • rinsed
  • sad
  • sagging
  • sapped
  • saturated
  • shot down
  • sluiced
  • soaked
  • soused
  • spiritless
  • steeped
  • subdued
  • subsided
  • tired
  • undermined
  • unmanned
  • waned
  • washed
  • watered
  • weakened
  • weary
  • wet
  • wetted
  • woebegone
  • wore
  • wore out
  • wretched

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