Need another word that means the same as “fragile”? Find 35 synonyms and 30 related words for “fragile” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Fragile” are: flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin, delicate, frail, breakable, brittle, frangible, splintery, weak, insubstantial, dainty, fine, vulnerable, perilous, shaky, rocky, risky, unreliable, suspect, nebulous, unsound, insecure, debilitated, tottery, trembly, ill, unwell, ailing, poorly, sickly, infirm, feeble, enfeebled
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fragile” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| ailing | In poor health. I went to see my ailing mother. |
| breakable | Capable of being broken or damaged. Breakable ornaments. |
| brittle | (of a person’s voice) unpleasantly hard and sharp and showing signs of instability or nervousness. A brittle laugh. |
| dainty | Affectedly dainty or refined. A dainty morsel. |
| debilitated | Lacking energy or vitality. A debilitated patient. |
| delicate | (of a state or condition) easily upset or affected. His delicate health. |
| enfeebled | Made weak or feeble. An enfeebled old woman. |
| feeble | Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness. Feeble efforts. |
| fine | Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment. What a fine human being he is. |
| flimsy | Lacking solidity or strength. The flimsy garment fell from her. |
| frail | Easily damaged or broken; weak. A frail craft. |
| frangible | Able to be broken into fragments; brittle or fragile. She had kept his frangible mind together through many troubled years. |
| ill | Presaging ill fortune P B Shelley. Ill will. |
| infirm | Not physically or mentally strong, especially through age or illness. He was infirm of purpose. |
| insecure | (of a person) uncertain or anxious about oneself; not confident. His fortune was increasingly insecure. |
| insubstantial | Lacking strength and solidity. The flickering light made her face seem insubstantial. |
| nebulous | Lacking definition or definite content- Jane Austen. Nebulous reasons. |
| perilous | Exposed to imminent risk of disaster or ruin. A perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat. |
| poorly | Unwell. She looked poorly. |
| risky | Full of the possibility of danger, failure, or loss. It was much too risky to try to disarm him. |
| rocky | Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements. The marriage seemingly got off to a rocky start. |
| shaky | Not secure; beset with difficulties. A cracked dangerously shaky table. |
| sickly | (of a person’s complexion or expression) indicative of poor health. She was a thin sickly child. |
| slight | Being of delicate or slender build. There s a slight chance it will work. |
| splintery | Subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces. A rough splintery floor of old pine boards. |
| suspect | Not as expected. A suspect package was found on the platform. |
| tenuous | Very slender or fine; insubstantial. A tenuous argument. |
| thin | Relatively thin in consistency or low in density not viscous. His thin jacket. |
| tottery | Unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age. A tottery old man. |
| trembly | Shaking or quivering involuntarily. She gave a queer trembly laugh. |
| unreliable | Lacking a sense of responsibility. An unreliable trestle. |
| unsound | Physically unsound or diseased. Dorinda was mentally unsound. |
| unwell | Ill. Is unwell and can t come to work. |
| vulnerable | Susceptible to attack. Vulnerable to bribery. |
| weak | Relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts only at distances less than about 10 cm is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions and conserves neither strangeness parity nor isospin. The argument is an extremely weak one. |
| breakable | An article that is fragile and easily broken. Earthenware pottery is breakable. |
| brittle | A brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted sugar. Her manner was artificially bright and brittle. |
| debilitated | Lacking strength or vigor. I became very debilitated with tremendous joint pain. |
| decrepit | Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. A row of decrepit houses. |
| delicacy | A choice or expensive food. I have to treat this matter with the utmost delicacy. |
| delicate | A delicate fabric or garment. His delicate health. |
| destabilize | Make unstable. The accused were charged with conspiracy to destabilize the country. |
| effeminacy | The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man. The students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy. |
| emaciated | Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food. She was so emaciated she could hardly stand. |
| emaciation | Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease. Thin to the point of emaciation. |
| ethereal | Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air- Thomas Carlyle. Ethereal melodies. |
| feeble | Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness. I know it s feeble but I ve never been one to stand up for myself. |
| feminine | A feminine word or form. Feminine intuition. |
| femininity | The trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women. She alternated between embracing her femininity and concealing it. |
| flagging | Weak from exhaustion. The flagging in the garden was quite imaginative. |
| fragility | The quality of being easily broken or damaged. A film about the fragility of relationships. |
| friable | Easily crumbled. Friable sandstone. |
| impotent | (of a male animal) unable to copulate. He was seized with an impotent anger. |
| infirm | Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. He was infirm of purpose. |
| languid | Lacking spirit or liveliness. The terrace was perfect for languid days in the Italian sun. |
| particulate | Composed of distinct particles. Sooty particulates from diesel exhausts. |
| powerless | Lacking power. Troops were powerless to stop last night s shooting. |
| puny | Poor in quality, amount, or size. Puny excuses. |
| rickety | Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect. A rickety banking system. |
| sensitivity | Sensitivity to emotional feelings of self and others. He has a sensitivity to cow s milk. |
| undermine | Erode the base or foundation of (a rock formation. The flow of water had undermined pillars supporting the roof. |
| vulnerable | (of a person) in need of special care, support, or protection because of age, disability, or risk of abuse or neglect. A vulnerable bridge. |
| weak | Relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts only at distances less than about 10 cm is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions and conserves neither strangeness parity nor isospin. The new king used his powers to protect the weak. |
| weakly | In a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree. She leaned weakly against the wall. |
| weakness | A penchant for something even though it might not be good for you. The weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed. |
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