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VULNERABILITY Synonyms

There are 17 synonyms of the word vulnerability. (exact relations)
There are 5 hypernyms of the word vulnerability. (close relations)
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exposure
nounn
noun

• vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain

• the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience

• the disclosure of something secret

• aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces

• the state of being vulnerable or exposed

• the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate

• a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

• the act of exposing film to light

• presentation to view in an open or public manner

• abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)

defenselessness
nounn
noun

• the property of being helpless in the face of attack

delicacy
nounn
noun

• the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance

• something considered choice to eat

• refined taste; tact

• slenderness

• lack of physical strength

• subtly skillful handling of a situation

• lightness in movement or manner

feebleness
nounn
noun

• the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

• the quality of lacking intensity or substance

fragility
nounn
noun

• quality of being easily damaged or destroyed

• lack of physical strength

frailty
nounn
noun

• the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

• moral weakness

helplessness
nounn
noun

• powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

• the state of needing help from something

• a feeling of being unable to manage

insecurity
nounn
noun

• the state of being subject to danger or injury

• the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure

malleability
nounn
noun

• the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking

nakedness
nounn
noun

• the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind

• a bleak and desolate atmosphere

• characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive

openness
nounn
noun

• without obstructions to passage or view

• characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive

• willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

precariousness
nounn
noun

• extreme dangerousness

• being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance

riskiness
nounn
noun

• a state of danger involving risk

susceptibility
nounn
noun

• the state of being susceptible; easily affected

tender
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
adjective

• given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

• easy to cut or chew

• physically untoughened

noun

• something that can be used as an official medium of payment

• someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

• a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

• car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water

• a boat for communication between ship and shore

• ship that usually provides supplies to other ships

adjective satellite

• hurting

• young and immature

• having or displaying warmth or affection

• (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

• (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition

verb

• offer or present for acceptance

• propose a payment

• make a tender of; in legal settlements

• make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer

weakness
nounn
noun

• a flaw or weak point

• powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

• the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain

• the condition of being financially weak

• a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you

vulnerableness
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Here is a list of related hypernyms for vulnerability, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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condition danger quality state weakness

Alternatives for EXPOSURE

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