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Synonyms for frail
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. frail

    Synonyms:
    irresolute, erring, mutable

    Antonyms:
    resolute, virtuous, lasting

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  1. frailnoun

    the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds

    Antonyms:
    broad-shouldered, unbreakable, cast-iron, strapping, burly, sturdy, big-boned, hardy, heavy-armed, vigorous, buirdly, stout, nonhuman, half-hardy, chesty, big-shouldered, robust, beefy, big-chested, husky, square-shouldered, stalwart, iron, square-built

  2. frailadjective

    a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)

    Antonyms:
    buirdly, big-chested, broad-shouldered, square-built, big-shouldered, beefy, big-boned, hardy, husky, sturdy, heavy-armed, robust, stout, stalwart, iron, vigorous, square-shouldered, burly, strapping, unbreakable, cast-iron, chesty, nonhuman, half-hardy

  3. frailadjective

    physically weak

    "an invalid's frail body"

    Synonyms:
    fallible, fragile, imperfect, weak, delicate

    Antonyms:
    broad-shouldered, husky, heavy-armed, chesty, buirdly, stalwart, burly, square-built, vigorous, big-chested, cast-iron, stout, iron, robust, nonhuman, unbreakable, sturdy, hardy, beefy, big-boned, big-shouldered, square-shouldered, half-hardy, strapping

  4. fallible, frail, imperfect, weakadjective

    wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

    "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

    Synonyms:
    weak, watery, infirm, unaccented, weakly, imperfect, rickety, debile, delicate, sapless, washy, faint, decrepit, light, fallible, feeble, fragile

    Antonyms:
    buirdly, nonhuman, half-hardy, big-shouldered, vigorous, burly, broad-shouldered, robust, chesty, stalwart, stout, husky, hardy, square-shouldered, big-chested, cast-iron, square-built, sturdy, iron, unbreakable, big-boned, beefy, strapping, heavy-armed

  5. 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, fragile, touchy, thin, flimsy, weak, finespun

    Antonyms:
    hardy, iron, husky, chesty, burly, big-boned, square-shouldered, strapping, stalwart, broad-shouldered, vigorous, heavy-armed, cast-iron, big-shouldered, stout, nonhuman, unbreakable, half-hardy, square-built, buirdly, sturdy, robust, big-chested, beefy

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. frailadjective

    Synonyms:
    fragile, frangible, BRITTLE, easily broken (across)

  2. frailadjective

    Synonyms:
    weak, feeble, fragile, INFIRM

  3. frailadjective

    Synonyms:
    liable to err, easily led astray, of infirm virtue

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 1 vote

  1. frailadjective

    Synonyms:
    fragile, brittle, frangible, feeble, weak, infirm

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "frail":

    fragile, weak, humble, brittle

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How to use frail in a sentence?

  1. Bob Ford:

    They had told him they couldn’t do anymore treatment because he was too weak, his immune system and body were so frail.

  2. John Still:

    The memories of men are too frail a thread to hang history from.

  3. Roxanne Davis:

    The gap in the boards appears to be maybe eight inches, and Mary was certainly very frail, but it's hard for me to believe that a person could step on a board, and their entire body would go down a crack that is two inches wider than a dollar bill.

  4. Christine Finck:

    I think watching her frail but tough spirit made me just feel a special connection with her.

  5. Karl Andree:

    He's an old frail man and I fear this lashing sentence is potentially a death sentence for him, that's our biggest concern, which is why we are trying to raise the case now to get him out.


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