debile

Questions about debile

What does debile mean?

debile means "lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality".

How many syllables are in debile?

debile has 3 syllables and divides as de-bi-le under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for debile?

Close synonyms include decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless. 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 debile a common word?

debile 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.