Synonyms for lame
læˈmeɪ, lɑ-lame

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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

   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, 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, 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

   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

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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. Steven Mnuchin:

   I would encourage Congress, particularly over the next few weeks of the lame duck, let’s try to get something done.

2. Chicago Bears:

   I’d like to punch him in his face, when you see that, that’s your first reaction, right? I don’t care if you’re right. I don’t care what his excuse is, that just is your first reaction. To me, that’s a lame excuse. … Just because you’re right doesn’t make you right for doing it.

3. Albert Einstein:

   Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.

4. 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.

5. Jeremy Grantham:

   They have had basically a lost 20 years, and in addition a fairly lame 10 years.