Synonyms for fragile
ˈfrædʒ əl; Brit. -aɪlfrag·ile

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1. fragileadjective

   Synonyms:
   breakly, friable

2. fragileadjective

   easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure

   Synonyms:
   friable, breakly

English Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. fragile

   Synonyms:
   delicate, diseased, emaciated, exhausted, failing, fainting, frail, ill, sick, unhealthy, unsound, wasted, weak, worn, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sound, strong, vigorous, well, wholesome

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(2.75 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. fragile

   Synonyms:
   delicate, frail, brittle, weak, slight, frangible

   Antonyms:
   tough, hardy, stout, strong

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. delicate, fragile, frailadjective

   easily broken or damaged or destroyed

   "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"

   Synonyms:
   delicate, slight, fallible, imperfect, tenuous, ticklish, soft, touchy, frail, thin, flimsy, weak, finespun

   Antonyms:
   significant, rugged, unbreakable, important

2. fragileadjective

   vulnerably delicate

   "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

   Synonyms:
   frail, tenuous, thin, flimsy, delicate, slight

   Antonyms:
   important, significant, rugged, unbreakable

3. flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thinadjective

   lacking substance or significance

   "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"

   Synonyms:
   slender, delicate, slight, sparse, slim, tenuous, lean, frail, thin, flimsy, little(a), svelte, unconvincing

   Antonyms:
   unbreakable, rugged, significant, important

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. poppable

   something that is poppable is also fragile

   the bubble is fragile.

   Submitted by acronimous on July 4, 2018  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. fragileadjective

   Synonyms:
   brittle, frangible, easily broken

2. fragileadjective

   Synonyms:
   frail, weak, feeble, INFIRM

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. fragileadjective

   Synonyms:
   brittle, frangible, frail, delicate

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1. List of paraphrases for "fragile":

   vulnerable, precarious, delicate, frail, brittle, weak, sensitive, tenuous, shaky, flimsy, breakable, unstable, volatile, fragility, frailty, insecure

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1. Rachel Hunter:

   I am as vulnerable and fragile as it is possible to be. I am shredded to the core. I am at the point where I am stripped bare.

2. Sanita Belgrave:

   Fragile at heart but resilient to the core.

3. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sakebut for the nations sake. Nothing matters more to the future of our country: not military preparednessfor armed might is worthless if we lack the brain power to build a world of peace; not our productive economyfor we cannot sustain growth without trained manpower; not our democratic system of governmentfor freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant.

4. Michael Collins:

   Strangely enough, it looks fragile somehow, you want to take care of it. You want to nurture it. You want to be good to it. All the beauty, it was wonderful, it was tiny, it's our home, everything I knew, but fragile, strange.

5. Mary Brittingham:

   I asked him, 'How do I explain this to people who are going to think I'm fragile? I really am not. I feel like actually pretty tough.' He told me that being fragile had nothing to do with it, and that one woman had eight episodes without dying, my favorite story he told me to make me feel better was about a woman who was camping with her husband and decided to dye her hair while he was off fishing.