Subtler

Synonyms for "subtler" (356 found)

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Strong matches (106)

dilute diluted diplomatic direct discriminate discriminating discriminative distinctive distinguishing dreamlike eggshell elaborate elegant elusive embrangled entangled ethereal even exact exacting

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Adjective(16 words)

dim fine-grained foxlike foxy frood fuzzy grounded guileful hazy ill-defined ill-marked indefinite indistinct indistinguishable judicious knotty

Adjective(2 words)

elusive insidious

Related words (178)

meandering mellow messed up meticulous micrometrically precise microscopic minute misty mixed up mother-of-pearl mucked up multifarious nacreous narrow nebulous nice nonobvious obscure opalescent pale

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papery particular pastel patinaed pawky pearly perceptive pernicious perplexed phantomlike pinpoint polished politic precise precisianistic precisionistic profound punctilious punctual quiet ramified rare rarefied ratiocinative ready recondite refined religious religiously exact remote resourceful rigid rigorous roundabout sad scheming scientific scientifically exact screwed up scrupulous scrutinizing selective semigloss sensitive serpentine severe shadowy sharp shifty shrewd simple skillful slender slenderish slick slight slight-made slim slimmish slimy slinky slippery sly small smarmy smart smooth snaky snarled sneaky sober soft soft-colored soft-hued softened somber sophistical sophisticated spirituous square stealthy strategic strict subdued subtile supple svelte sweet sylphlike tactful tactical tangled tangly tender tenuous thin thin-bodied thin-set thin-spun thinned thinned-out thinnish threadlike trickish tricksy tricky twisted uncompact uncompressed underhanded understated undeviating unerring unreal unsubstantial vague vaporous veiled vulpine wary wasp waisted wasp-waisted watered watered down watered-down watery weak willowy wily windy wiredrawn wispy

Adjective(25 words)

muzzy nice obscure oracular perspicacious politic profound prudent quick-witted ratlike reasonable sagacious sage sapient sensible shrewd slim sly subtile undefined

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vague vulpine wily wise witful

Adjective(1 words)

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Brushes give drums a subtler sound than regular drumsticks do.

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