Synonyms for achilles
əˈkɪl izachilles

Princeton's WordNet

1. Achillesnoun

   a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'

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1. List of paraphrases for "achilles":

   achiel, achille, achiiles, achillas, heel

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1. Sir Thomas Browne:

   I am the happiest man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty into riches, adversity to prosperity, and I am more invulnerable than Achilles; fortune hath not one place to hit me.

2. Bill Maher:

   I think you can claim the moral high ground if you’re anti, i feel like that’s the Achilles heel of the left right now. They identify issues mostly by what they can feel superior to another person for.

3. Wayne Koff:

   We will have found the Achilles heel of HIV.

4. Jeff Green:

   The injuries that he’s been through, to come back even from the Achilles to the hamstring to get back in this position, the world is witnessing, once again, who is the best player in the world.

5. Christians Castillo:

   It's his Achilles' heel, those who would be coming into power with him, I think, would be very worried.