Synonyms of exhaustion

exhaustion

noun

ig-ˈzȯs-chən 

as in fatigue

a complete depletion of energy or strength

with all of the work and activity that the holiday season brings, the working couple was on the point of exhaustion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fatigue
• collapse
• tiredness
• weariness
• burnout
• disablement
• prostration
• lassitude
• weakness
• faintness
• frazzle
• impotence
• debility
• feebleness
• lethargy
• infirmity
• debilitation
• enervation
• inertia
• stupor
• frailty
• slumber
• languor
• enfeeblement
• apathy
• sluggishness
• listlessness
• passivity
• torpor
• frailness
• overfatigue
• torpidity
• passiveness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejuvenation
• refreshment
• energy
• revitalization
• vigor
• vitality
• strength
• power
• starch
• sap
• dash
• muscle
• drive
• punch
• bounce
• liveliness
• ginger
• pep
• verve
• go
• potency
• vim
• zip
• snap
• rejuvenescence
• zing
• might
• vivacity
• puissance
• briskness
• spiritedness
• sprightliness
• vivaciousness
• jauntiness

Examples of exhaustion in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On social media and elsewhere, many Floridians registered their fear and exhaustion from back-to-back disasters. —Stephanie Castellano, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2024

While most parents will feel exhaustion at some point in the newborn stage, for the birthing parent, postpartum fatigue is a constant lack of energy, or an overwhelming sense of exhaustion that does not go away. —Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 10 Oct. 2024

However, stocks don’t usually climb in a straight line, and many of these names are showing signs of exhaustion after a significant rally. —Nishant Pant, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024

The term’s implication of exhaustion and decay may have fit the Great Lakes and industrial Midwest in the 1970s and ‘80s. —Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2024