DAINTY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DAINTY?

Need another word that means the same as “dainty”? Find 39 synonyms and 30 related words for “dainty” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dainty” are: exquisite, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish, delicate, neat, refined, tasteful, fine, elegant, tasty, delicious, choice, palatable, luscious, mouth-watering, delectable, toothsome, succulent, juicy, fastidious, fussy, hard to please, finicky, finical, faddish, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat, titbit, fancy, luxury, nibble, savoury, appetizer, confection, bonbon

Dainty as a Noun

Definitions of "Dainty" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dainty” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Something good to eat; a delicacy.
• Something considered choice to eat.

Synonyms of "Dainty" as a noun (12 Words)

appetizer	Something that arouses or increases anticipation for what is to follow. The meal started off with an assortment of appetizers including mini egg rolls and fried mozzarella.
bonbon	A piece of confectionery; a sweet.
confection	An elaborate article of women’s dress. The confection of a syllabub.
delicacy	Lightness in movement or manner. The delicacy of the situation.
fancy	(in 16th and 17th century music) a composition for keyboard or strings in free or variation form. I ve a fancy they want to be alone.
goody	A good or favoured person, especially a hero in a book, film, etc.
kickshaw	Something considered choice to eat.
luxury	The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive. They actually had the luxury of a whole day together.
nibble	Small savoury snacks, typically eaten before a meal or with drinks. I took a nibble from one of the sandwiches.
savoury	A savoury dish especially a snack or appetizer. Refreshments include cakes and savouries.
titbit	A small piece of tasty food. They were hoping for titbits about the family.
treat	An act of treating someone to something. He wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat.

Usage Examples of "Dainty" as a noun

• Home-made breads, jams, and dainties.

Dainty as an Adjective

Definitions of "Dainty" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dainty” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Delicately small and pretty.
• (of food) particularly good to eat and served in a small portion.
• (of a person) delicate and graceful in build or movement.
• Especially pleasing to the taste.
• Affectedly dainty or refined.
• Delicately beautiful.
• Especially pleasing to the taste.
• Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted.
• Fastidious, especially concerning food.

Synonyms of "Dainty" as an adjective (27 Words)

choice	Of superior grade. He picked some choice early plums.
delectable	Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste. The delectable Miss Haynes.
delicate	Easily hurt. A delicate approach is needed.
delicious	Greatly pleasing or entertaining. A delicious joke.
elegant	Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth. She was elegant to her fingertips.
exquisite	Lavishly elegant and refined. Suffered exquisite pain.
faddish	Intensely fashionable or popular for a short period of time. Tastes in flavoured coffee are so faddish.
fastidious	Very concerned about matters of cleanliness. The child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers dirty.
fine	Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment. A fine gentleman.
finical	Exacting especially about details.
finicky	Exacting especially about details. His finicky copperplate hand.
fussy	Fastidious about one’s needs or requirements; hard to please. Eleanor patted her hair with quick fussy movements.
hard to please	Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors.
juicy	Having strong sexual appeal. A juicy contract.
luscious	Appealing strongly to the senses; pleasingly rich. The luscious brush strokes and warm colours of these late masterpieces.
mouth-watering	Pleasing to the sense of taste.
neat	Having a pleasing appearance; well formed. The books had been stacked up in neat piles.
nice	Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted. A nice face.
overnice	Excessively fussy or fastidious. Mildred was overnice in regard to their father.
palatable	Acceptable to the taste or mind. Palatable food.
prissy	Fussily and excessively respectable. A middle class family with two prissy children.
refined	Freed from impurities by processing- Shakespeare. She was delicate and refined and unused to hardship.
squeamish	Having fastidious moral views; scrupulous. So squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow.
succulent	Full of juice. A low plant with slightly succulent leaves.
tasteful	Showing good aesthetic judgement or appropriate behaviour. A tasteful lounge bar.
tasty	(of food) having a pleasant, distinct flavour. A tasty young lady.
toothsome	Having strong sexual appeal. I thought he was toothsome.

Usage Examples of "Dainty" as an adjective

• A dainty teacup.
• The china cup seemed too dainty in his large hands.
• He is one of the daintiest players in the game.
• A dainty dish to set before a kind.
• A dainty lace handkerchief.
• A dainty appetite.
• A dainty morsel.

Associations of "Dainty" (30 Words)

breakable	Capable of being broken or damaged. Breakable articles should be packed carefully.
brittle	A brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted sugar. Her manner was artificially bright and brittle.
cultivated	Marked by refinement in taste and manners. Cultivated roses.
cultured	(of a pearl) formed round a foreign body inserted into an oyster. Cultured Bostonians.
dandy	Relating to or characteristic of a dandy. The Winchester Model 37 shotgun is a dandy at a low price.
debonair	Confident, stylish, and charming (typically used of a man. Life that is gay brisk and debonair.
delicacy	The quality of requiring discretion or sensitivity. Miniature pearls of exquisite delicacy.
delicate	A delicate fabric or garment. Delicate china.
effeminacy	The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man. The students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy.
elegance	The quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner. The simplicity and elegance of his invention.
elegant	Displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution. An elegant dark suit.
enchantingly	In a bewitching manner.
feeble	(of a sound) faint. Feeble efforts.
femininity	Qualities or attributes regarded as characteristic of women. She alternated between embracing her femininity and concealing it.
foppish	Affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner. A foppish dandy.
fragile	Easily destroyed or threatened. Fragile porcelain plates.
graceful	Characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution. She was a tall girl slender and graceful.
mincing	Affectedly dainty or refined. I don t have to go through the rest of my life with that mincing voice of yours.
neat	(of an alcoholic drink) without water. Her neat dress.
refined	(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel. Refined sugar.
resemble	Appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to. Some people resemble their dogs.
sensitiveness	Responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation. The sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth.
sensitivity	Sensitivity to emotional feelings of self and others. A total lack of common decency and sensitivity.
sensitize	Make (an organism) abnormally sensitive to a foreign substance. The introductory section aims to sensitize students to the methodology of the course.
svelte	Moving and bending with ease. She was svelte and sophisticated.
tasteful	Having or showing or conforming to good taste. A tasteful lounge bar.
ticklish	(of a person) easily upset. I m ticklish on the feet.
touchy	(of an issue or situation) requiring careful handling; delicate. The monarchy has become a touchy topic.
urbane	Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience. The supposedly urbane restrained English gentleman.
weakness	A disadvantage or fault. His weakness increased as he became older.