Fragile

/ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/

Synonyms for "fragile" (191 found)

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Closest matches (39)

Adjective(15 words)

delicate frail breakable brittle brittler brittlest cleavable creakier creakiest crumblier crumbliest daintiestdelicate executiondelicate floral patterndissilient

breakable brittlebrittle as glasscapricious changeable cheap-jack cobwebby corruptible crackable crisp crispy crumbly crushable dainty deciduous decrepit delicatedelicately weak

Adjective(3 words)

breakable delicate destructible

Noun(3 words)

breakables breakingcollapsing of civilization

Strong matches (57)

Verb(2 words)

doddered imperiled

dying effeminate ephemeral ethereal evanescent fading feeble fickle fissile fleeting flimsy flittingfly-by-nightflying fracturable frail frangible friable fugacious fugitive

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gimcrack gimcracky gossamery hothouse impermanent impetuous impulsive inconstant infirm insubstantial jerryjerry builtjerry-built lacerable

Noun(6 words)

easily torneconomic tensioneggshell failingglass bowlgossamer

Adjective(11 words)

economic fragility indicatorserodible flimsiest flimsyflimsy rationalefragile reefsfrailest gimpy glass-madeinsecure algorithmjellylike

Adjective(4 words)

flimsy frail frailsome frangible

Related words (95)

Noun(12 words)

less solidnonresilience unitrock fragmentationshattering slakingstructural instabilitystructural vulnerabilityteeteringtip over easilytoppling governmenttotteringweakened form

light lightweight momentary mortal mutablenamby pambynamby-pamby nondurable nonpermanent papery passing pasteboardy perishable puny rickety scissile shaky shatterable shattery shivery

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Adjective(33 words)

low stabilityoverthrowablepolitical collapsepolitical collapsespolitical instabilityquaggyrapid decompositionricketier sensitive shakier slightsmall remnant populationsocial instabilityspindlier spindly squashiest tenderest tenuous thinthin line

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tottery touchier touchiest uneasiest unsteadiestvulnerable areaweak rule of lawweak structureweakest weedy wimpy wispier wisplike

Adjective(1 words)

tenuous

Verb(1 words)

weakened

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

3 entries

delicacyphysical propertyvulnerability

More specific

5 entries

bone chinaemotional fragilityglassware porcelainsituational fragility

Collocations

6 entries

fragile bonesfragile economyfragile ecosystemfragile glassfragile situationfragile vase

Inflections

2 entries

more fragilemost fragile

Derivations

2 entries

fragilely fragility

similar

4 entries

breakable delicate insignificant unimportant

Sample sentences

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I never said I was fragile.

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These fragile items must be insured against all risks.

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Could you put these fragile things in a safe place?

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Flowers are so fragile and so beautiful, that you can't speak about them without poetry or metaphors.

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