Antonyms for faint
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1. faintverb

   Synonyms:
   swoon, pass out

2. faintadjective

   Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

   Synonyms:
   swoon, pass out

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. faint

   Faint, with the general sense of lacking strength or effectiveness, covers a wide range of meaning, signifying overcome with physical weakness or exhaustion, or lacking in purpose, courage, or energy, as said of persons; or lacking definiteness or distinctness of color or sound, as said of written characters, voices, or musical notes. A person may be faint when physically wearied, or when overcome with fear; he may be a faint adherent because naturally feeble or purposeless, or because half-hearted in the cause; he may be a faltering supporter because naturally irresolute or because faint-hearted and timid in view of perils that threaten, a listless worker, through want of mental energy and purpose. Written characters may be faint or dim, either because originally written with poor ink, or because they have become faded by time and exposure.

   Antonyms:
   bright, brilliant, clear, conspicuous, daring, energetic, fresh, hearty, resolute, strong, sturdy, vigorous

   Synonyms:
   dim, exhausted, faded, faint-hearted, faltering, fatigued, feeble, half-hearted, ill-defined, indistinct, irresolute, languid, listless, purposeless, timid, weak, wearied, worn, worn down, worn out

   Preposition:
   Faint with hunger; faint in color.

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1. faint

   Antonyms:
   strong, vigorous, energetic, fresh, daring, resolute, prominent, marked, conspicuous, glaring

   Synonyms:
   weak, languid, fatigued, unenergetic, timid, irresolute, feeble, exhausted, half-hearted, obscure, dim, pale, faded, inconspicuous

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. faint, swoon, syncope, deliquiumadjective

   a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

   Antonyms:
   distinct, strong, brave, unperceivable, imperceptible, well, courageous

   Synonyms:
   swoon, syncopation, syncope, deliquium

2. faint, weakadjective

   deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

   "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse"

   Antonyms:
   distinct, brave, well, unperceivable, courageous, imperceptible, strong

   Synonyms:
   weak, watery, dim, unaccented, weakly, swooning, rickety, debile, vague, faint-hearted, fainthearted, washy, timid, light-headed, lightheaded, decrepit, wispy, light, shadowy, fallible, frail, feeble, imperfect, infirm, sapless

3. dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispyadjective

   lacking clarity or distinctness

   "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"

   Antonyms:
   distinct, unperceivable, strong, courageous, well, brave, imperceptible

   Synonyms:
   weak, shady, dull, dim, wraithlike, dumb, shadowed, dense, faint-hearted, timid, undefined, swooning, dimmed, black, umbrageous, vague, fainthearted, subdued, feeble, lightheaded, obscure, wispy, obtuse, light, shadowy, light-headed, wisplike, bleak, slow

4. faint, feebleadjective

   lacking strength or vigor

   "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"

   Antonyms:
   well, brave, strong, courageous, imperceptible, distinct, unperceivable

   Synonyms:
   weak, infirm, dim, weakly, swooning, rickety, lame, debile, nerveless, vague, faint-hearted, fainthearted, light-headed, timid, lightheaded, decrepit, wispy, light, shadowy, feeble, sapless

5. faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheadedadjective

   weak and likely to lose consciousness

   "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep"

   Antonyms:
   well, courageous, imperceptible, distinct, strong, brave, unperceivable

   Synonyms:
   vague, light-headed, lite, wanton, wakeful, lightheaded, feeble, featherbrained, low-cal, lightsome, fainthearted, light-colored, unaccented, shadowy, weak, easy, promiscuous, dim, airheaded, abstemious, unclouded, clean, timid, light(a), clear, idle, wispy, silly, faint-hearted, tripping, short, dizzy, scant(p), empty-headed, sluttish, light, swooning, calorie-free, giddy, loose

6. faintadjective

   indistinctly understood or felt or perceived

   "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea"

   Antonyms:
   imperceptible, distinct, courageous, strong, brave, unperceivable, well

   Synonyms:
   lightheaded, swooning, shadowy, weak, fainthearted, faint-hearted, light-headed, dim, vague, feeble, timid, wispy, light

7. faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-heartedverb

   lacking conviction or boldness or courage

   "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"

   Antonyms:
   distinct, well, unperceivable, courageous, strong, imperceptible, brave

   Synonyms:
   weak, unsure, dim, shy, swooning, vague, faint-hearted, fainthearted, light-headed, timid, lightheaded, wispy, light, shadowy, diffident, feeble

8. faint, conk, swoon, pass outverb

   pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

   Antonyms:
   imperceptible, strong, unperceivable, well, distinct, brave, courageous

   Synonyms:
   pass away, perish, stall, swoon, black out, conk, croak, decease, give out, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, drop dead, zonk out, exit, pop off, buy the farm, die, choke, pass, expire, snuff it, pass out, go, distribute, hand out

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1. faintadjective

   Synonyms:
   weak, languid, exhausted, feeble, indistinct, dim, faded, dull, timorous, faint-hearted

2. faintverb

   Synonyms:
   swoon

How to use faint in a sentence?

1. Kotaro Kohno:

   The light from these galaxies is very faint with long wavelengths invisible to our eyes and undetectable by Hubble, so we turned to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array( ALMA), which is ideal for viewing these kinds of things. I have a long history with that facility and so knew it would deliver good results.

2. Mark Showalter:

   We came really close to missing it entirely, its too faint to see in a single Hubble [exposure].

3. Henry David Thoreau:

   Faint heart never won true friend. O my friend, may it come to pass, once, that when you are my friend I may be yours.

4. Masashi Chiba:

   This discovery implies hundreds of faint dwarf satellites waiting to be discovered in the halo of the Milky Way, how many satellites are indeed there and what properties they have, will give us an important clue of understanding how the Milky Way formed and how dark matter contributed to it.

5. Jeff Horowitz:

   It's not for the faint of heart, you need to have a flexible risk needle. The old school attitude of compliance being Doctor No really doesn't translate well to this industry.

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