Synonyms for graceful
ˈgreɪs fəlgrace·ful

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.8 / 5 votes

1. gracefuladjective

   Antonyms:
   graceless, clumsy

2. gracefuladjective

   She is a graceful dancer.

   Antonyms:
   graceless, clumsy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. graceful

   That which is graceful is marked by elegance and harmony, with ease of action, attitude, or posture, or delicacy of form. Graceful commonly suggests motion or the possibility of motion; beautiful may apply to absolute fixity; a landscape or a blue sky is beautiful, but neither is graceful. Graceful commonly applies to beauty as addressed to the eye, tho we often speak of a graceful poem or a graceful compliment. Graceful applies to the perfection of motion, especially of the lighter motions, which convey no suggestion of stress or strain, and are in harmonious curves. Apart from the thought of motion, graceful denotes a pleasing harmony of outline, proportion, etc., with a certain degree of delicacy; a Hercules is massive, an Apollo is graceful. We speak of a graceful attitude, graceful drapery. Compare BEAUTIFUL; BECOMING.

   See synonyms for AWKWARD.

   Synonyms:
   beautiful

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. gracefuladjective

   characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

   Synonyms:
   elegant, refined

   Antonyms:
   ungainly, strained, awkward, wooden, laboured, graceless, clunky, unwieldy, ungracious, labored, ungraceful, gawky, clumsy

2. elegant, graceful, refinedadjective

   suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

   Synonyms:
   elegant, processed, polished, refined, tasteful, neat, svelte, urbane

   Antonyms:
   ungracious, laboured, strained, ungraceful, awkward, clumsy, clunky, wooden, graceless, ungainly, gawky, labored, unwieldy

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. gracefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   elegant, comely, becoming, beautiful

2. gracefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   easy, natural, unlabored

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. gracefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   elegant, easy, willowy, courtly, polished

   Antonyms:
   ungraceful

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1. List of paraphrases for "graceful":

   gracious, elegant, vanity, courtesy

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How to use graceful in a sentence?

1. Soner Cagaptay:

   It's terrible news for Turkey because Erdogan has almost no graceful exit left, his only exit is to keep winning, winning, winning elections.

2. Neil Doshi:

   This is a potential win-win for Marissa, she can sell the company and have a graceful exit or she can be part of a larger company or private equity team and still continue to run the business.

3. Mia Keeys:

   Since I've been on the Capitol Hill, she's certainly been someone I've looked up to, in terms of watching her walk. And really being galvanized by her integrity, her character, her practice of bipartisanship, particularly in highly partisan seasons, she's got a graceful edge about her. She doesn't play.

4. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   If there is anyone who can remain graceful even in the midst of utter stupidity then its a Saggitarian!

5. Maxine Hong Kingston:

   The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.