Synonyms of fragility

fragility

noun

1

as in exquisiteness

the state or quality of having a delicate structure

we marveled at the fragility and yet the surprising strength of the bird's wing bones

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exquisiteness
• fineness
• brittleness
• daintiness
• delicacy
• flimsiness
• frangibility
• insubstantiality
• friability
• wispiness
• diaphanousness
• crumbliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• roughness
• solidity
• coarseness
• rudeness
• strength
• firmness
• crudity
• crudeness

2

as in weakness

the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor

the fragility of the abandoned baby bird

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weakness
• exhaustion
• fatigue
• frailty
• feebleness
• debility
• injury
• impairment
• faintness
• infirmity
• enervation
• frailness
• debilitation
• lowness
• decay
• enfeeblement
• languor
• asthenia
• tenderness
• listlessness
• languidness
• breakdown
• delicacy
• disablement
• damage
• wimpiness
• collapse
• decrepitude
• helplessness
• powerlessness
• softness
• impotence
• weariness
• prostration
• harm
• defenselessness
• lassitude
• hurt
• invalidism
• incapacitation
• impuissance
• effeteness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strength
• robustness
• hardiness
• vigor
• vitality
• energy
• hardihood
• virility
• toughness
• fitness
• muscularity
• hardness
• ruggedness
• sturdiness
• health
• huskiness
• soundness
• stoutness
• lustiness
• healthiness
• wellness
• heftiness
• brawniness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fragility

The attacks underscored the fragility of security in the oil-rich country. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Things like trumpets cracking, lights failing, and the BBC presenter’s original record of the broadcast breaking – all remind us of the fragility of relics, said Finn. — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

Ultimately, the playwright is more interested in the vulnerability and fragility of these characters than their shouty strengths. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026

The church has always preached that humans are created in God’s image; by assuming the messy fragility of human form, God’s son sanctified human experience. — Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

Its themes of environmental fragility, social inequality, labour and belonging resonate strongly with the identity of our region. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026

That awareness, of the moment’s weight and its fragility simultaneously, is the most underrated quality in the room. — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Meiburg understands the brittle fragility of life, the planet, music. — David Harris, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2026

The shortage of intramuscular penicillin only underscored the fragility of public health. — Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026