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fragile

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of fragile

1 easily broken

attaching the beautiful but fragile ornaments to the Christmas tree is always a touchy operation

Synonyms of fragile

breakable, delicate, frail, frangible

Words Related to fragile

dainty, fine, gossamer

eggshell, flimsy, slight, tenuous

brittle, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crushable, embrittled, flaky (also flakey), friable, shaky, shivery, short

feeble, infirm, soft, spindly, tender, weak

inelastic, inflexible, stiff

Near Antonyms of fragile

compact, firm, hard, rigid, solid, substantial, unyielding

elastic, flexible, resilient, rubberlike, rubbery, springy, stretch, stretchable, supple

Antonyms of fragile

infrangible, nonbreakable, strong, sturdy, tough, unbreakable

2 easily injured without careful handling

babies are fragile, so remember to care for them gently

Synonyms of fragile

delicate, frail, sensitive, tender

Words Related to fragile

breakable, brittle, crushable, eggshell, frangible, friable

feeble, flimsy, puny, slight, soft, tenuous, weak

nonhardy, perishable, resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding

Near Antonyms of fragile

durable, firm, flinty, hard, hardy, resistant, robust, rugged, solid, sound, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial

infrangible, nonbreakable, unbreakable

hardened, inured, strengthened, tempered, toughened

Antonyms of fragile

3 small in degree

a fragile possibility that we might emerge from this fiasco unscathed

Synonyms of fragile

frail, negligible, off, outside, remote, slight, slim, small

Words Related to fragile

marginal, minimal, minor

Near Antonyms of fragile

distinct, significant

considerable, goodly, healthy, largish, respectable, significant, sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy

Antonyms of fragile

Synonym Discussion of fragile

fragile, frangible, brittle, crisp, friable mean breaking easily. fragile implies extreme delicacy of material or construction and need for careful handling.

- a fragile antique chair

frangible implies susceptibility to being broken without implying weakness or delicacy.

- frangible stone used for paving

brittle implies hardness together with lack of elasticity or flexibility or toughness.

- brittle bones

crisp implies a firmness and brittleness desirable especially in some foods.

- crisp lettuce

friable applies to substances that are easily crumbled or pulverized.

- friable soil

synonyms see in addition weak

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