wilt

1. 1.

   lose strength

   “My opponent was wilting”

   Broaderweaken
2. 2.

   become limp

   “The flowers wilted”

   Synonymsdroop

   Broaderdecay

Other forms of wilt

plural

wilts·

past tense

wilted·

present participle

wilting·

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 wilt

What does wilt mean?

wilt means "any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wilt?

wilt has 1 syllable: wilt. In IPA it is /ˈwɪlt/.

What is another word for wilt?

Close synonyms include wilt disease, wilting, droop. 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 wilt a common word?

wilt is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.