- faint
- adj1. pale, dim, distant, obscure, faded, weak, feeble, thin, faltering, trembling; low, soft, gentle, dulcet, whispered, muted, stifled, muffled; dull, indistinct, unclear, inaudible, imperceptible.2. dizzy, Inf. woozy, vertiginous, lighthearted, giddy; weak, exhausted, tired, worn out, limp, drooping, about to drop.3. cowardly, timorous, timid, fearful, afraid, frightened, afraid of one's shadow; unmanly, faint-hearted, lily-livered, white-livered, Inf. chicken-hearted, Inf. chicken-livered, Inf. pantywaist, Inf. yellow, Sl. yellow-bellied, Sl. candy-assed.v4. lose consciousness, swoon, pass out, black out, Pathol. suffer syncope; limpen, go limp, crumple, succumb, give way, keel over, drop, collapse, Sl. conk out, die, faint dead away.5. grow weak, lose strength, languish, droop, fade, flag, diminish, fall off; fail, decline, go downhill, sink.n6. unconsciousness, blackout, swoon, fainting spell, Pathol. syncope, Chiefly Scot. dwalm.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.