Thesaurus:fragile

Thesaurus

fragile

English

Adjective

Sense: easily broken or destroyed

Synonyms

• breakable
• delicate
• flimsy
• fragile
• frail
• frailsome
• frangible
• tenuous

Hyponyms

• brittle
• crackable
• friable
• gossamer
• scissile
• shattery

Antonyms

• durable
• unfragile

Various

• rickety    [⇒ thesaurus]
• vulnerable

See also

• Thesaurus:docile
• Thesaurus:obstinate
• Thesaurus:weak

Further reading

• “160. weakness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “fragile” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.