faint

The word “faint” has 1 syllable: faint

It's pronounced as /feɪnt/


What is synonym and antonym for faint?

In the thesaurus, “faint” has 178 synonyms and 87 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for faint

  • aside
  • asthenic
  • bated
  • be overcome
  • become unconscious
  • black out
  • blackout
  • bland
  • bleached
  • blear
  • bleary
  • blurred
  • blurry
  • break down
  • breakable
  • breathless
  • broken-down
  • challenged
  • collapse
  • damaged
  • dark
  • daze
  • deadened
  • debilitated
  • decrepit
  • deep
  • delicate
  • dim
  • disabled
  • distant
  • dizziness
  • dizzy
  • down-and-out
  • drained
  • drooping
  • drop
  • drowsiness
  • dull
  • dusky
  • dusty
  • effete
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • epicene
  • exhausted
  • fade
  • faded
  • fail
  • fall
  • faltering
  • far-off
  • fatigued
  • feeble
  • flagging
  • flicker
  • flimsy
  • foggy
  • fragile
  • frail
  • fuzzy
  • gauzy
  • gentle
  • gloomy
  • go out like light
  • grayout
  • groggy
  • harmed
  • hazy
  • hieroglyphic
  • hieroglyphical
  • hoarse
  • hurt
  • hushed
  • ill-defined
  • impaired
  • impalpable
  • imperceptible
  • impotent
  • inappreciable
  • inaudible
  • incapacitated
  • incomprehensible
  • indecipherable
  • indefinite
  • indiscernible
  • indistinct
  • indistinguishable
  • inexplicable
  • infirm
  • injured
  • insensibility
  • intangible
  • invalid
  • invisible
  • keel over
  • knockout
  • lame
  • languid
  • languish
  • lenient
  • lethargic
  • light
  • lightheaded
  • low
  • low-pitched
  • mild
  • misty
  • moderate
  • muffled
  • murky
  • murmuring
  • muted
  • muttering
  • mysterious
  • narcosis
  • nebulous
  • obfuscatory
  • obscure
  • opaque
  • out of earshot
  • padded
  • pale
  • paralyzed
  • pass out
  • piano
  • powerless
  • prostrate
  • prostrated
  • puzzling
  • quiet
  • remote
  • resistless
  • rocky
  • sapped
  • shadowy
  • sleep
  • slight
  • smooth
  • soft
  • softened
  • somnolence
  • soothing
  • stifled
  • stupor
  • subdued
  • succumb
  • susceptible
  • swim
  • swoon
  • syncope
  • tender
  • tenuous
  • thin
  • tired
  • trance
  • unclear
  • undefined
  • undetermined
  • unenthusiastic
  • unresistant
  • unsound
  • unsteady
  • unsubstantial
  • vague
  • vertigo
  • vulnerable
  • wan
  • wasted
  • weak
  • weaken
  • weakened
  • weary
  • whispered
  • wimpish
  • wimpy
  • woozy
  • worn-out
  • yielding

Antonyms for faint

  • able-bodied
  • animated
  • ascend
  • athletic
  • beefy
  • boisterous
  • bold
  • brave
  • brawny
  • bright
  • capable
  • certain
  • clear
  • close
  • colorful
  • come around
  • come round
  • come to
  • competent
  • consciousness
  • convalescing
  • courageous
  • definite
  • distinct
  • energetic
  • energized
  • evident
  • firm
  • fit
  • fortified
  • friendly
  • hale
  • hard
  • hardened
  • hardy
  • harsh
  • healthy
  • heavy
  • husky
  • improve
  • intelligent
  • inured
  • invigorated
  • lively
  • loud
  • lusty
  • mighty
  • muscular
  • near
  • nearby
  • obvious
  • pellucid
  • plain
  • powerful
  • reach
  • recovering
  • recuperating
  • red-blooded
  • refreshed
  • resolute
  • revive
  • rise
  • robust
  • rough
  • rugged
  • sharp
  • sinewy
  • smart
  • sound
  • stalwart
  • stout
  • strapping
  • strengthen
  • strengthened
  • strong
  • sturdy
  • sure
  • thick
  • tough
  • toughened
  • uncontrolled
  • vigorous
  • violent
  • virile
  • vitalized
  • warm
  • win

Meanings of faint

  • noun
    1. The act of fainting, syncope.
    2. The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
  • adjective
    1. (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness.
    2. Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.
    3. Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.
    4. Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.
    5. Slight; minimal.
  • verb
    1. To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
    2. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
    3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

Example Sentences

  • She felt faint after standing in the hot sun for too long.
  • The sound of her voice grew faint as she moved further away.
  • He noticed a faint scent of roses lingering in the air.
  • His heartbeat grew faint as he lost consciousness.
  • The hiker's voice was barely faint as he called for help from the bottom of the ravine.

On this page you'll find 265 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to faint, such as: able-bodied, animated, ascend, aside, asthenic, athletic, bated.

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

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  • cliffhanger
  • closed book
  • cloudiness
  • complexity
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  • occult
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  • rebus
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  • riddle
  • rune
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  • sixty-four thousand dollar question
  • sphinx
  • stickler
  • stumper
  • subtlety
  • teaser
  • thriller
  • tough nut to crack
  • twister
  • uncertainty
  • vagueness
  • whodunit
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abstrusity

backing out

  • abjuring
  • abnegating
  • anxiety
  • apprehension
  • backing down
  • backing off
  • backpedaling
  • backtracking
  • begging off
  • chickenheart
  • copping out
  • crying off
  • disavowing
  • doubt
  • faint heart
  • fear
  • fear of carrying out an activity
  • finking out
  • foreswearing
  • forswearing
  • going back on
  • recalling
  • recanting
  • reneging
  • repudiating
  • reservations
  • retracting
  • second thoughts
  • taking back
  • timidity
  • unsaying
  • weak knees
  • white feather
  • wimping out
  • withdrawing
  • yellow streak

badgered

  • Milquetoast
  • affronted
  • afraid
  • aggravated
  • agitated
  • ambivalent
  • angered
  • angry
  • annoyed
  • antagonized
  • apprehensive
  • ate
  • baited
  • ballyragged
  • bashful
  • bearish
  • bedeviled
  • bilious
  • bothered
  • bristly
  • browbeaten
  • bugged
  • bullied
  • bullyragged
  • cantankerous
  • capricious
  • chafed
  • choleric
  • churlish
  • cowardly
  • cowed
  • cowering
  • coy
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • cross
  • daunted
  • demure
  • deviled
  • devilled
  • diffident
  • disapproving
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • displeased
  • disquieted
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • dyspeptic
  • egged
  • enflamed
  • enraged
  • exasperated
  • exercised
  • exhorted
  • fainthearted
  • fearful
  • feeble
  • fretful
  • fretted
  • frightened
  • frosted
  • frustrated
  • fussy
  • galled
  • gentle
  • goaded
  • got
  • grated
  • griped
  • grouchy
  • grumpy
  • haggled
  • hagrode
  • harassed
  • harried
  • hassled
  • having cold feet
  • heckled
  • hounded
  • huffy
  • humble
  • ill-humored
  • incensed
  • incited
  • inconvenienced
  • indignant
  • inflamed
  • infuriated
  • insisted
  • insulted
  • intimidated
  • irascible
  • irate
  • ireful
  • irked
  • irresolute
  • irritable
  • irritated
  • itched
  • mad
  • maddened
  • miffed
  • modest
  • mousy
  • nagged
  • narked
  • nervous
  • nettled
  • offended
  • outraged
  • peeved
  • peevish
  • persecuted
  • perturbed
  • pestered
  • petulant
  • pinpricked
  • piqued
  • plagued
  • pressed
  • pressured
  • prodded
  • prompted
  • provoked
  • pushed
  • pusillanimous
  • put out
  • rankled
  • rasped
  • resentful
  • retiring
  • riled
  • roiled
  • roused
  • ruffled
  • scunnered
  • shaky
  • shirty
  • shrinking
  • snappish
  • snuffy
  • soft
  • sore
  • spineless
  • spiritless
  • spited
  • spurred
  • steaming
  • submissive
  • teased
  • teed off
  • tested
  • testy
  • timorous
  • tormented
  • tortured
  • touchy
  • trembling
  • tried
  • troubled
  • unassertive
  • unassured
  • undid
  • unhinged
  • unnerved
  • unsettled
  • upset
  • urged
  • vacillating
  • vexed
  • vext
  • wavering
  • weak
  • worried
  • yellow

cagey

  • Machiavellian
  • ambivalent
  • artful
  • astute
  • averse
  • backhanded
  • beguiling
  • calculating
  • careful
  • circuitous
  • circular
  • circumspect
  • clandestine
  • concealed
  • conflicted
  • covert
  • crafty
  • crooked
  • cunning
  • cute
  • deceitful
  • deceptive
  • designing
  • devious
  • dishonest
  • disinclined
  • dodgy
  • double-dealing
  • doubtful
  • dubious
  • facile
  • fainthearted
  • faltering
  • foxy
  • fraudulent
  • furtive
  • glib
  • guileful
  • halting
  • hesitant
  • hugger-mugger
  • hypocritical
  • indecisive
  • indisposed
  • infirm
  • insincere
  • insinuating
  • irresolute
  • knavish
  • leery
  • left-handed
  • loath
  • loathe
  • loth
  • mealy
  • mealymouthed
  • oblique
  • plotting
  • questioning
  • reluctant
  • reticent
  • roundabout
  • scheming
  • secret
  • secretive
  • serpentine
  • shady
  • sharp
  • shifty
  • shrewd
  • shy
  • skeptical
  • slick
  • slippery
  • sly
  • smooth-tongued
  • sneaky
  • stealthy
  • subtle
  • surreptitious
  • timid
  • treacherous
  • tricky
  • two-faced
  • uncertain
  • undecided
  • undercover
  • underhand
  • underhanded
  • uneager
  • unenthusiastic
  • unscrupulous
  • unsure
  • unwilling
  • vacillating
  • wabbly
  • wary
  • wily
  • wobbly

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