debilitates

The word “debilitates” has 4 syllables: de-bil-i-tates

It's pronounced as /dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪts/


What is synonym and antonym for debilitates?

In the thesaurus, “debilitates” has 31 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for debilitates

  • breaks down
  • cripples
  • damages
  • depletes
  • depresses
  • devitalizes
  • disables
  • enervates
  • enfeebles
  • etiolates
  • exhausts
  • hamstrings
  • harms
  • hurts
  • impairs
  • impoverishes
  • incapacitates
  • injures
  • invalids
  • lays up
  • paralyzes
  • prostrates
  • saps
  • softens
  • tires
  • unmans
  • washes out
  • wastes
  • weakens
  • wears down
  • wears out

Antonyms for debilitates

  • energizes
  • fortifies
  • hardens
  • invigorates
  • recruits
  • rejuvenates
  • seasons
  • strengthens
  • toughens
  • vitalizes

Meanings of debilitates

  • verb
    1. To make feeble; to weaken.

Example Sentences

  • The chronic condition debilitates many patients, making everyday tasks challenging.
  • Stress and anxiety often debilitates a person's ability to concentrate and perform well at work.
  • The new law debilitates small businesses by imposing additional regulations and fees.
  • Prolonged exposure to harmful chemicals debilitates the immune system, leading to frequent illnesses.
  • The illness debilitates the body over time, requiring ongoing medical treatment and support.

On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to debilitates, such as: breaks down, cripples, damages, depletes, depresses, devitalizes, disables.

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

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daunts

  • afflicts
  • bothers
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  • dampens
  • damps
  • deadens
  • debilitates
  • demoralizes
  • depresses
  • discourages
  • disheartens
  • dismays
  • dispirits
  • distresses
  • enfeebles
  • frightens
  • frustrates
  • horrifies
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  • throws cold water on
  • tries
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  • undermines
  • unmans
  • unnerves
  • vexes
  • weakens
  • weighs
  • worries

saps

  • attenuate
  • bastinades
  • bastinadoes
  • batons
  • bats
  • beetles
  • billies
  • billy clubs
  • birches
  • blackjacks
  • bleed
  • blockheads
  • bludgeons
  • blunt
  • boobies
  • breaks down
  • butts
  • canes
  • chump
  • chumps
  • clubs
  • crabsticks
  • cripples
  • crooks
  • crosiers
  • croziers
  • cudgels
  • damages
  • debilitate
  • debilitates
  • deplete
  • depletes
  • depresses
  • derisions
  • destroy
  • devitalize
  • devitalizes
  • disables
  • dodoes
  • dodos
  • dolt
  • dolts
  • dopes
  • drain
  • dumbbells
  • dummies
  • dunces
  • dupe
  • dupes
  • enervate
  • enervates
  • enfeeble
  • enfeebles
  • erode
  • etiolates
  • exhaust
  • exhausts
  • fool
  • fools
  • gavels
  • geese
  • gulls
  • half-wits
  • hammers
  • hamstrings
  • harms
  • hickories
  • hurts
  • idiot
  • idiots
  • imbeciles
  • impair
  • impairs
  • impoverishes
  • incapacitates
  • injures
  • invalids
  • jackasses
  • jerk
  • knobkerries
  • laughingstocks
  • lays up
  • losers
  • lunatics
  • maces
  • mallets
  • marks
  • mauls
  • mockeries
  • mocks
  • monkeys
  • morons
  • mugs
  • nightsticks
  • nincompoops
  • ninnies
  • nitwit
  • nitwits
  • paralyzes
  • patsies
  • patsy
  • pigeon
  • pigeons
  • prostrate
  • prostrates
  • pushovers
  • rattans
  • rob
  • rods
  • ruin
  • rungs
  • schlemiels
  • schlubs
  • schlumps
  • schnooks
  • shillalahs
  • shillelaghs
  • shlemiels
  • shlubs
  • simpleton
  • simpletons
  • simps
  • sledgehammers
  • soft touches
  • softens
  • staffs
  • staves
  • subvert
  • sucker
  • suckers
  • switches
  • targets
  • tires
  • tools
  • truncheons
  • turkeys
  • undermine
  • unmans
  • victims
  • vitiate
  • waddies
  • walking sticks
  • washes out
  • wastes
  • weakens
  • weakling
  • wear down
  • wears down
  • wears out
  • whangees
  • wreck
  • yo-yos

immobilizes

decays

  • abates
  • addles
  • atrophies
  • breaks down
  • contaminates
  • corrupts
  • crumbles
  • curdles
  • de-escalates
  • debilitates
  • declines
  • decomposes
  • defiles
  • degenerates
  • degrades
  • descends
  • deteriorates
  • devolves
  • dilapidates
  • diminishes
  • disintegrates
  • downsizes
  • droops
  • dwindles
  • ebbs
  • emaciates
  • fades
  • fails
  • falls
  • falls apart
  • ferments
  • festers
  • flags
  • fouls
  • goes
  • goes to pot
  • goes to seed
  • lags
  • languishes
  • lessens
  • lowers
  • molders
  • molds
  • mortifies
  • perishes
  • pollutes
  • putrefies
  • recedes
  • reduces
  • regresses
  • retrogrades
  • rots
  • runs down
  • runs to seed
  • rusts
  • sags
  • sinks
  • slips
  • sours
  • spoils
  • taints
  • turns
  • turns off
  • undermines
  • wanes
  • weakens
  • wears out
  • wilts
  • withers
  • worsens
  • yields

paralyzes

  • attenuates
  • crazes
  • cripples
  • daunts
  • debilitates
  • demoralizes
  • deranges
  • disables
  • discomposes
  • discourages
  • disheartens
  • dismays
  • dispirits
  • disquiets
  • disturbs
  • emasculates
  • enervates
  • enfeebles
  • fazes
  • frightens
  • hamstrings
  • hobbles
  • immobilizes
  • incapacitates
  • intimidates
  • knocks out
  • lames
  • maddens
  • maims
  • mutilates
  • neuters
  • perturbs
  • prostrates
  • saps
  • scares
  • softens
  • terrifies
  • terrorizes
  • tires
  • unbalances
  • undercuts
  • undermines
  • undoes
  • unhinges
  • unmans
  • unnerves
  • unsettles
  • unstrings
  • upsets
  • wastes
  • weakens
  • weirds out

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