graceful

graceful

adjective

Definition of GRACEFUL

1

moving easily <the graceful ballerina effortlessly leapt across the stage>

Synonyms agile, featly, feline, gracile, light, light-footed (also light-foot), lightsome, lissome (also lissom), lithe, lithesome, nimble, spry

Related Words acrobatic, flexible, limber, loose-jointed, pliable, pliant, supple; adroit, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), light-fingered; fleet-footed, sure-footed; athletic, balletic, coordinated

Near Antonyms uncoordinated; inflexible, rigid, stiff; bungling, inept, maladroit

Antonyms awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, klutzy, lumbering, ungainly, ungraceful

2

having or showing elegance <sat down in the old plantation home's very graceful parlor>

Synonyms classy, courtly, fine, graceful, handsome, majestic, refined, stately, tasteful

Related Words august, baronial, gallant, glorious, grand, heroic (also heroical), imposing, lavish, luxurious, magnificent, monumental, noble, ornate, proud, regal, rich, royal, splendid, superb; artful, genteel, polished, sophisticated; classic, conservative, exquisite, quiet, restrained, simple, understated; aristocratic, patrician; à la mode (also a la mode), chic, fashionable, in, modish, posh, sharp, sleek, smart, snappy, stylish, swagger, swank (or swanky); affected, grandiose, ostentatious, pretentious, recherché

Near Antonyms cheesy, coarse, crude, flamboyant, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, grotesque, loud, raffish, splashy, tacky, tawdry, ticky-tacky (also ticky-tack); rough-edged, rough-hewn, rude, trashy, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar

Antonyms dowdy, graceless, inelegant, styleless, tasteless, unfashionable, unhandsome, unstylish