infirm

Other forms of infirm

comparative

infirmer·

superlative

infirmest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about infirm

What does infirm mean?

infirm means "lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in infirm?

infirm has 2 syllables: in-firm. The stress falls on "firm". In IPA it is /ɪnˈfɝm/.

What is another word for infirm?

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

infirm is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with infirm?

5 words rhyme with infirm. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.