WEAK PART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weak part mean? 

• WEAK PART (noun)
  The noun WEAK PART has 1 sense:

1. a place of especial vulnerability

  Familiarity information: WEAK PART used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEAK PART (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A place of especial vulnerability

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

soft spot; weak part; weak spot

Hypernyms ("weak part" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weak part"):

Achilles' heel (a seemingly small but actual mortal weakness)

jugular (a vital part that is vulnerable to attack)

underbelly (the quality of being weak or unprotected)

Antonym:

good part (a place of especial strength)