Synonyms for Frail | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "frail" (315 found)

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Closest matches (63)

Adjective(10 words)

delicate fragile weak ailing brittle brittlestdelicate executiondelicate floral patterndinkiest doddering

abulic adamic adamite adamitic afraid ailing airy anthropocentric anthropological attenuate attenuated babe baby backsliding basket boyish breakable brittlebrittle as glassbroad

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Verb(1 words)

doddered

Strong matches (95)

earthborn earthy effeminate enervated ephemeral erring ethereal evanescent exhausted fading failing faint fainthearted fallen feeble feebleminded fickle filly finefine drawn

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Adjective(19 words)

enfeebled fallible feeblefeeble attemptfeeble personfeeblest flimsyflimsy rationalefragile ecosystemsfragile environmentfragile habitatsfragile materialfragile reef ecosystemfragile reefsfragiler frailer imperfect inadequate invalid

Noun(2 words)

faint verbgirl

Verb(1 words)

languished

Related words (157)

languishing lapsed lass light lightweight limp mademoiselle maid maiden man-centered miss misty momentary moribund mortal mutablenamby pambynamby-pamby nondurable nonpermanent

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nymphetof easy virtueonly humanpale papery passing pasteboardy peaked peaky peccable perishable petty phthisic piece pliable poorly postlapsarian prodigal puny rare rarefied recidivist recidivistic reducedreduced in healthrickety romprun downrun-down scissile scourge scrawny shatterable shattery shiveryshort livedshort-lived sick sickly sissified skinny skirt sleazy slender slenderish slight slight-made slim slimmish slinky slip small soft spineless splintery subdeb subtle svelte sylphlike tacky teenybopper tellurian temporal temporary tender tenuous thin thin-bodied thin-set thin-spun thinnish threadlike tomato tomboy transient transitive transitory unangelic unchaste unclean undurable unenduring ungodly ungood unhealthy unrighteous unsaintly unsound unstable unsubstantial unvirtuous unwell vague valetudinarian valetudinary vice virgin virtueless volatile vulnerable wantonwasp waistedwasp-waistedwasting awaywateredwatered downwatered-down watery wayward weakweak kneedweak mindedweak-kneed weak-minded weak-willed weakened weakly wench willowy wiredrawn wispywith low resistancewomanish

Adjective(13 words)

perishable ricketiest rickety sensitive slightestthin lineunfit conditionunpersuasive weakling weediest wimpiest wimpy wisplike

Noun(1 words)

weakened form

Related word relations

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

7 relation types

More general

9 entries

basket being fragility handbasket human person weakness weightweight unit

More specific

10 entries

chronically ill personcrystaldisabled personelderly personfallacious claimfrail elderlyfrail patientglassware porcelainspecious argument

Collocations

10 entries

frail bodyfrail conditionfrail constitutionfrail economyfrail elderlyfrail evidencefrail framefrail healthfrail patientfrail person

Inflections

3 entries

frailer frailest frails

Derivations

2 entries

frailness frailty

Antonyms

1 entries

robust

similar

13 entries

breakable debile decrepit delicate feeble human infirm light-boned rickety sapless unhealthy weak weakly

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My grandmother was gradually becoming forgetful and frail.

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He was too frail to play games outdoors.

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He's become frail in his old age.

Source: tatoeba (442457)

My grandmother is too frail now to get in and out of bed by herself.

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