What is another word for legless?

Pronunciation: [lˈɛɡləs] (IPA)

Legless can be defined as an individual or animal without legs. However, there are several other ways to describe someone or something without the use of this term. For instance, one may use the phrase "amputee" to refer to a person who has undergone a leg amputation. Another synonymous phrase could be "limbless" which is similar to legless but refers to the absence of any limb. Additionally, the terms 'disable', 'wheelchair-bound', and 'quadriplegic' could be used to describe individuals who can't walk due to physical disability. The word "hapless" can also be used to describe a situation where someone is rendered helpless or in dire straits, making legless an apt metaphor.

What are the hypernyms for Legless?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    limbless, legless animal, legless being, legless creature, legless invertebrate, legless organism.

What are the antonyms for Legless?

Usage examples for Legless

Without moving, she might, however, have seen him forthwith, for at that precise and particular moment, the Unspeakable Perk was in plain sight of her window, on a bench in the corner of the plaza, engaged in light conversation with a legless and philosophical beggar whom he had just astonished by the presentation of a whole bolivar, of the value of twenty cents gold.
"The Unspeakable Perk"
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Quite unconscious of her approach, until she was close upon him, her objective chatted fluently with the legless one, until she spoke quietly, almost in his ear.
"The Unspeakable Perk"
Samuel Hopkins Adams
"The legless beggar seems to have collected quite an audience," she remarked idly.
"The Unspeakable Perk"
Samuel Hopkins Adams

Famous quotes with Legless

  • When I'm out with a group I hide in the corner and get legless. I just make sure my friends shield me.
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  • A critic is a legless man who teaches running.
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  • A critic is a legless man who teaches running.
    Channing Pollock

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