wan

The word “wan” has 1 syllable: wan

It's pronounced as /wɒn/


What is synonym and antonym for wan?

In the thesaurus, “wan” has 39 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for wan

Antonyms for wan

  • blooming
  • blushing
  • bright
  • clear
  • colorful
  • distinct
  • florid
  • flush
  • flushed
  • fresh
  • full-blooded
  • glowing
  • healthy
  • pink
  • red
  • rosy
  • rubicund
  • ruddy
  • sanguine
  • strong

Meanings of wan

  • noun
    1. The quality of being wan; wanness.
    2. The digit or figure 1.
    3. The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
    4. A one-dollar bill.
    5. One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
    6. A joke or amusing anecdote.
    7. A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
    8. (leet) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
    9. A girl or woman.
  • adjective
    1. Pale, sickly-looking.
    2. Dim, faint.
    3. Bland, uninterested.
  • verb
    1. To conquer, defeat.
    2. To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
    3. To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
    4. To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
    5. To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
    6. To achieve victory.
    7. To have power, coercion or control.
    8. To obtain (something desired).
    9. To cause a victory for someone.
    10. To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
    11. To dry by exposure to the wind.

Example Sentences

  • Wan faces filled the room, all eager to hear the results of the competition.
  • She wore a wan smile, trying to hide her disappointment.
  • The wan light of dawn slowly crept over the horizon.
  • After being sick for days, he looked wan and exhausted.
  • His wan attempt at humor fell flat, leaving everyone awkwardly silent.

On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wan, such as: anemic, ashen, ashy, bilious, blanched, bleached, bloodless.

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

Related Words

cadaverous

  • anemic
  • ashen
  • ashy
  • bag of bones
  • blanched
  • bloodless
  • boney
  • bony
  • consumptive
  • dead
  • deathlike
  • deathly
  • doughy
  • emaciated
  • exsanguinous
  • famished
  • gaunt
  • ghastly
  • ghostly
  • haggard
  • hungry
  • lank
  • lanky
  • livid
  • lurid
  • mealy
  • pale
  • paled
  • pallid
  • pasty
  • peaked
  • peaky
  • rawboned
  • sallow
  • sallowish
  • scraggy
  • scrawny
  • shadowy
  • shriveled
  • shrivelled
  • sick
  • sickly
  • sinewy
  • skeletal
  • skeletonlike
  • skin and bones
  • skinny
  • spare
  • spectral
  • starved
  • starving
  • thin
  • underfed
  • undernourished
  • untanned
  • wan
  • wasted
  • waxen
  • waxy
  • whey-faced
  • white
  • white-faced
  • whitened
  • withered
  • wizened

haggard

faded

fagged

  • all in
  • annoyed
  • ashen
  • asleep
  • attacked
  • banged away
  • beat
  • been around
  • blah
  • bleary
  • blown
  • bone-tired
  • bored
  • bowed low
  • broke
  • broken-down
  • burned out
  • burnt out
  • bushed
  • bust
  • busted
  • careworn
  • collapsing
  • consumed
  • cool
  • dead
  • dead tired
  • debilitated
  • dejected
  • depleted
  • depressed
  • did in
  • did up
  • disarmed
  • disbursed
  • discontented
  • disgusted
  • dissipated
  • distressed
  • dog-tired
  • done
  • done for
  • done in
  • done it all
  • down the drain
  • drained
  • drawn
  • drooping
  • droopy
  • drove
  • drowned
  • drowsy
  • drudged
  • dug in
  • dulled
  • effete
  • eked out
  • emaciated
  • empty
  • endeavored
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • essayed
  • exasperated
  • exercised
  • exerted
  • exhausted
  • expended
  • faded
  • faint
  • far-gone
  • fatigued
  • fed up
  • finished
  • flagging
  • frazzled
  • fretted
  • gaunt
  • ghastly
  • grubbed
  • had it
  • haggard
  • harassed
  • humped
  • hustled
  • immobilized
  • impatient
  • incapacitated
  • inconsolable
  • indifferent
  • irked
  • irritated
  • jaded
  • killed
  • knocked out
  • knocked over
  • knuckled down
  • labored
  • lank
  • lean
  • limp
  • lost
  • moiled
  • narcoleptic
  • obedient
  • on last leg
  • out of gas
  • outwore
  • overcome
  • overexerted
  • overtaxed
  • overworked
  • pale
  • pallid
  • paralyzed
  • petered out
  • pinched
  • pitched in
  • played-out
  • plodded
  • plowed
  • plugged
  • pooped
  • prostrate
  • prostrated
  • punchy
  • put out
  • ready to drop
  • run down
  • sapped
  • sated
  • satiated
  • scrabbled
  • scraggy
  • scratched
  • scrawny
  • shattered
  • shot
  • shrunken
  • sick and tired
  • sick of
  • skinny
  • slaved
  • sleepy
  • slogged
  • spare
  • spent
  • stale
  • starved
  • strained
  • strived
  • strove
  • struggled
  • surfeited
  • sweat
  • sweat blood
  • sweated
  • sweated blood
  • taxed
  • thin
  • thrown away
  • tired
  • tired-out
  • toiled
  • travailed
  • tried
  • trudged
  • tuckered
  • tuckered out
  • tugged
  • up to here
  • used
  • used-up
  • waded
  • wan
  • washed out
  • washed-out
  • washed-up
  • wasted
  • weak
  • weakened
  • wearied
  • weary
  • wiped-out
  • wore
  • wore out
  • wore to a frazzle
  • worked
  • worn
  • worn-down
  • worn-out
  • wrinkled
  • wrought
  • zonked

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

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