Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Verb

Adjective

Proper Noun

The word "lame" can be used as noun, adjective, verb, adjective and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

convincing cool efficient

Typical Location

loft

Dbpedia Genre

codec

Derived Terms

crutches for lame ducks help a lame dog over a stile lamage lame duck lame sickness lame-head lame-o lame-stream lameass lamebrain lamebrained lamehead lamely lameness lameo lameoid lamesauce lamester lamestream lametastic lamewad lamish unlame

Context

slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

cloth fabric maim material simple simpleton textile

Type Of (IsA)

fabric software

Related Terms

lamellar lamellate lamellation lamination lamé

Related Terms

cool corny fail lamina lamé shine sweet unable unbelievable unconvincing walk

Similar Terms

crippled unfit weak

Synonym Network

boring cripple crippled feeble hobbling square weak

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.