GRACEFUL Synonyms: 141 Similar and Opposite Words

graceful

adjective

ˈgrās-fəl

Definition of graceful

as in agile

moving easily the graceful ballerina effortlessly leapt across the stage

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as in elegant

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

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Recent Examples of graceful Minervini calmed down from there, delivering a more graceful goodbye. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026 What a simultaneously callous and graceful way to send off an audience that has spent the last hour falling in love. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026 As yet, these machines are not graceful, elegant or aesthetically pleasing. — Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026 Its graceful design is meant to celebrate the intricate beauty of the natural world. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for graceful

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Adjective

Measuring more than thirty feet by fifty feet, the cloth invites a jeté from more agile museumgoers.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
The idea is to provide nimble and reliable baseload power that’s clean, meltdown-proof, and relatively agile for limited power uses.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of agile

Adjective

Naval engineers built elegant streets lined with glass balconies that became the envy of northwestern Spain, and more than a century later, Spain’s future dictator, Francisco Franco, the son of a naval officer, was born there.

— Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Lié Studio The Eva Weekend tote $870 This sleek bag is the leather tote at its most elegant—roomy enough to hold travel essentials and crafted in luxurious Portuguese leather.

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of elegant

Adjective

Open, fair, realistic, ready to try new things — and alert enough to see how the world is changing and nimble enough to meet it.

— Evan Clark, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
There’s a lot of bright anti-establishment humor in Darko, and Kelly demonstrates a nimble inventiveness in fusing various narrative forms.

— Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of nimble

Adjective

No-brainer options included handsome denims with a curving leg and neo-suiting playing on mixing rather than matching sets.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
Critic’s notebook As the Mamdani administration, and cities across America, grapple with affordable housing, two handsome complexes in Queens and Brooklyn show signs of progress.

— Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of handsome

Adjective

Atwell displays a balletic athleticism while Hiddleston is all enthusiastic limbs and snake hips.

— Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
The combat scenes, frequently pitting Latif’s sharpened steel against more popular American weaponry, are staged with whirling verve, wit and, best of all, balletic coherence.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of balletic

Adjective

As a Relais & Chateaux property, fine dining takes center stage.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
The two designers have launched a collaboration featuring 18-karat yellow gold and diamond button studs and collar tips created for Savas’ signature Allen denim shirt, bringing together fine jewelry craftsmanship and American workwear.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of fine

Adjective

Alvarezsaurs were predominantly small, with stubby but powerful forelimbs, long and gracile hindlimbs and lightly built skulls.

— Reuters, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
Hawkins misplaced horns and spikes, and some of his robust four-legged dinosaurs were actually gracile bipeds.

— Yannic Rack, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023

Definition of gracile

Adjective

The Wicker Husband’s presence — his brooding desire, and the spectacle driving the whole town wild with horny jealousy — is a majestic demonstration of cinematic craft from Dániel and Godena-Juhász and Dunckley and Rubano.

— Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2026
And Smith had spent his teenage summers working in the Sierra as a mule hand, so reporting on the fate of the trees would be a chance to reconnect with a majestic landscape that left an enduring mark on his soul.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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