Synonyms 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

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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.

   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

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

   Preposition:
   Faint with hunger; faint in color.

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1. faint

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

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

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1. faint, swoon, syncope, deliquiumadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   swoon, syncopation, syncope, deliquium

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

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"

   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

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

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"

   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

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

4. faint, feebleadjective

   lacking strength or vigor

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

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

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

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"

   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

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

6. faintadjective

   indistinctly understood or felt or perceived

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

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

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

7. faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-heartedverb

   lacking conviction or boldness or courage

   "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"

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

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

8. faint, conk, swoon, pass outverb

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

   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

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

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1. faintverb

   Synonyms:
   swoon, faint away

2. faintverb

   Synonyms:
   languish, grow weak, fail in vigor, lose strength

3. faintverb

   Synonyms:
   be disheartened, be discouraged, be dejected, be depressed, lose courage, be dispirited, be down-hearted, sink into dejection

4. faintadjective

   Synonyms:
   swooning, fainting away

5. faintadjective

   Synonyms:
   weak, feeble, drooping, exhausted, languid

6. faintadjective

   Synonyms:
   small, little, slight, inconsiderable

7. faintadjective

   Synonyms:
   dim, dull, not bright, not vivid

8. faintadjective

   Synonyms:
   fearful, timid, timorous, cowardly, dastardly, faint-hearted

9. faintadjective

   Synonyms:
   dejected, depressed, dispirited, disheartened, discouraged

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1. faintadjective

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

2. faintverb

   Synonyms:
   swoon

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1. List of paraphrases for "faint":

   pale, low-intensity, low, weak

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1. Lindsay Lohan:

   One time I was sick with a bug, I had been vomiting all day, but no way was I going to miss a show, i was sitting there beforehand seeing spots in front of my eyes. I had a plan: if I felt sick on stage I was going to faint, play dead, pretend it was part of the script. Didn't happen fortunately.

2. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   Love has no power to look forward — the delicious consciousness of the present, a faint but delightful shadow of the past, form its eternity.

3. Jim Chilton:

   Entry, descent and landing is not for the faint of heart, make no mistake, we still have something to prove here on entry tomorrow.

4. David Tholen:

   We think there could be thousands of small bodies like 2015 TG387 out on the Solar System's fringes, but their distance makes finding them very difficult, currently we would only detect 2015 TG387 when it is near its closest approach to the Sun. For some 99 percent of its 40,000-year orbit, it would be too faint to see.

5. Brittany Allen:

   Then I just started to hear really faint gunshots, they really sound just like firecrackers, almost.