Fragile synonyms

frăj'əl, -īl'

That can be, or is liable to be, broken

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Easily damaged or disrupted; fragile:

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dainty (related)

The definition of dainty is delicate or small and often pretty.

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Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.

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Lacking in vigour or expression.

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Small in amount or extent; meager:

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The definition of flimsy is something which is lacking in strength or thin and easily broken.

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Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.

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Weak or insubstantial; flimsy:

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ethereality

The quality of being ethereal.

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Meagreness, paucity.

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(Geology, of a body of water) Usually dry, but filling with water for brief periods during and after precipitation.

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Vanishing, disappearing.

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Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.

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Very sharp; keen:

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Passing quickly; ephemeral:

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Cloudy, misty, or hazy.

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Small, weak, or gentle; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.

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Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.

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A gradual disappearance

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Weakness; feebleness.

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(Meteorology, astronomy) the characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).

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Firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle:

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Weakened or worn out from age or wear

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Not firm or strong physically; weak; feeble, as from old age

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Not substantial

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The definition of puny is something insufficient in size or strength.

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precarious (related)

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Easily led astray; morally weak.

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(Uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.

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strong (antonym)

Persuasive, effective, and cogent:

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unbreakable (antonym)

Able to withstand an attempt to break. Used of a horse.

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durable (antonym)

Made to withstand repeated use over a relatively long period, usually several years or more:

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tough (antonym)

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Able to be broken; breakable; fragile.

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(Of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency.

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Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.

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diaphaneity

(Mineralogy) transparency

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Not solid or heavy; flimsy; light

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Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.

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Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

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unstable (related)

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fragmented (related)

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firm (antonym)

Solid, rigid (material state)

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Synonym Study

Friable is applied to something that is easily crumbled or crushed into powder friable rock
Crisp suggests a desirable sort of brittleness, as of fresh celery or crackers
Brittle implies such inelasticity as to be easily broken or shattered by pressure or a blow the bones of the body become brittle with age
Frangible connotes a liability to being broken because of the use to which the thing is put the bridge was constructed with frangible stone
Fragile implies such delicacy of structure as to be easily broken a fragile china teacup

Find another word for fragile. In this page you can discover 44 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for fragile, like: breakable, brittle, dainty, delicate, weak, slender, flimsy, ethereal, tenuous, ethereality and tenuity.