asthenic

1. 1.

   lacking energy or vitality

   Synonymsadynamicdebilitatedenervated

   Similarweak
2. 2.

   having a slender physique

   Similarectomorphic

Questions about asthenic

What does asthenic mean?

asthenic means "lacking energy or vitality". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in asthenic?

asthenic has 3 syllables: as-the-nic. The stress falls on "the".

What is another word for asthenic?

Close synonyms include adynamic, debilitated, enervated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asthenic a common word?

asthenic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.