frail | Definition of frail

Synonyms and Antonyms of frail

1 easily broken

a frail eggshell

Synonyms of frail

breakable, delicate, fragile, frangible

Words Related to frail

dainty, fine, gossamer

eggshell, flimsy, slight, tenuous

brittle, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crushable, embrittled, flaky (also flakey), friable, shaky, shivery, short

feeble, infirm, soft, spindly, tender, weak

inelastic, inflexible, stiff

Near Antonyms of frail

compact, firm, hard, rigid, solid, substantial, unyielding

elastic, flexible, resilient, rubberlike, rubbery, springy, stretch, stretchable, supple

Antonyms of frail

infrangible, nonbreakable, strong, sturdy, tough, unbreakable

2 easily injured without careful handling

be careful with your grandmother, as she's very frail and a fall would be disastrous

Synonyms of frail

delicate, fragile, sensitive, tender

Words Related to frail

breakable, brittle, crushable, eggshell, frangible, friable

feeble, flimsy, puny, slight, soft, tenuous, weak

nonhardy, perishable, resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding

Near Antonyms of frail

durable, firm, flinty, hard, hardy, resistant, robust, rugged, solid, sound, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial

infrangible, nonbreakable, unbreakable

hardened, inured, strengthened, tempered, toughened

Antonyms of frail

3 lacking bodily strength

he was frail after a long battle with bronchitis

Synonyms of frail

asthenic, debilitated, delicate, down-and-out, effete, enervated, enfeebled, faint, feeble, infirm, languid, low, prostrate, prostrated, sapped, slight, soft, softened, tender, unsubstantial, wasted, weak, weakened, wimpish, wimpy

Words Related to frail

challenged, disabled, incapacitated, invalid

broken-down, decrepit

impotent, powerless

breakable, flimsy, fragile

dizzy, groggy, rocky, unsteady, woozy

drained, exhausted, flagging, tired, weary, worn-out

damaged, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, lame, unsound

resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding