Synonyms for lamé
læˈmeɪ, lɑ-lamé

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lame

   Synonyms:
   weak, faltering, hobbling, hesitating, ineffective, impotent, crippled, halt, defective, imperfect

   Antonyms:
   robust, agile, potent, efficient, satisfactory, cogent, convincing, tolling, effective

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1. square, lamenoun

   someone who doesn't understand what is going on

   Synonyms:
   foursquare, square toes, square, public square, second power, lame

   Antonyms:
   fit, strong

2. lameadjective

   a fabric interwoven with threads of metal

   "she wore a gold lame dress"

   Synonyms:
   square

   Antonyms:
   strong, fit

3. feeble, lameadjective

   pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

   "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

   Synonyms:
   rickety, faint, debile, halt, nerveless, lame, sapless, halting, crippled, weakly, feeble, gimpy, infirm, decrepit, game, weak

   Antonyms:
   fit, strong

4. crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, gameverb

   disabled in the feet or legs

   "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

   Synonyms:
   mettlesome, crippled, halt, spirited, lame, halting, gamy, gritty, feeble, gamey, spunky, gimpy, game

   Antonyms:
   fit, strong

5. cripple, lameverb

   deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

   "The accident has crippled her for life"

   Synonyms:
   cripple, stultify, lame

   Antonyms:
   strong, fit

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1. lameadjective

   Synonyms:
   crippled, halt, hobbling

2. lameadjective

   Synonyms:
   defective, imperfect

3. lameadjective

   Synonyms:
   insufficient, unsatisfactory, weak, feeble, poor

4. lameverb

   Synonyms:
   cripple, make lame

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lameadjective

   Synonyms:
   crippled, hobbling, limping, halt, deformed, game, maimed, disabled, inconclusive, unconvincing, inefficient, feeble, unsatisfactory

2. lameverb

   Synonyms:
   disable, maim, cripple, hamstring

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "lame":

   pathetic, nil, null, zero, limp, blade, boring, rotten

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1. The Atlantic Molly Ball:

   It's a real wild card in the House whether (Speaker John) Boehner is going to be empowered by this larger majority or whether they're going to be a bigger thorn in his side in the way we've seen in the past, so as we look to whether the relative harmony and lack of drama of this lame-duck period can continue in the new Congress, I think that's going to be a major factor.

2. Jerome Powell:

   It would be helpful if we could get that done, if you could get that done, i would encourage Congress, particularly over the next few weeks of the lame duck, let’s try to get something done.

3. David Abney:

   There are enough members of Congress that in the past have supported this that we think it is still a slight possibility this year, it would have to be in the lame-duck session, there is no doubt about that. And I am not at all predicting that this is going to happen, I'm saying we think there is a slight chance.

4. Massimo Faggioli:

   It is very hard to see how the conference can continue this way, with a president who is even worse than a lame duck, the credibility of the Massimo Faggioli bishops is in freefall, which can only be stopped by a visible change in leadership.

5. Sam Rubin:

   When I walked in to pick up my card [with the reel], studio people — who I assume were ordered by these same lame public-relations censors who interrupted my interview — they were editing someone else’s interview, one Ben had already given because he had made a joke in the interview about drug use, they were taking out a remark he had actually made of his own free will and cutting it out of the interview because they think you might not be able to understand it. You may not get Ben’s sense of humor.