| Main Entry: | delicate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dainty, weak |
Synonyms: |
aerial, balmy, breakable, choice, delectable, delicious, delightful, elegant, ethereal, exquisite, faint, filmy, fine, fine-grained, finespun, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, gauzy, gentle, gossamery, graceful, hairline, mild, muted, nice, pale, pastel, rare, recherché, select, shatterable, shattery, slight, soft, subdued, subtle, superior, tender |
Antonyms: |
coarse, harsh, heavy, indelicate, inelegant, robust, rough, strong |
| Main Entry: | filmy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | finespun, fragile |
Synonyms: |
chiffon, cobwebby, dainty, delicate, diaphanous, fine, fine-grained, flimsy, floaty, gauzy, gossamer, insubstantial, see-through, sheer, tiffany, transparent, wispy |
Antonyms: |
nontransparent, opaque, substantial |
| Main Entry: | fine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dainty, delicate; sheer |
Synonyms: |
diaphanous, ethereal, exquisite, filmy, fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-spun, flimsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, granular, impalpable, light, lightweight, little, loose, minute, porous, powdered, powdery, pulverized, quality, slender, small, thin, threadlike, transparent |
Antonyms: |
coarse, rough, thick |
| Main Entry: | firm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inflexible |
Synonyms: |
close, close-grained, compact, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congealed, dense, fine-grained, hard, hardened, heavy, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, inelastic, jelled, nonporous, refractory, rigid, set, solid, solidified, stiff, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
flexible, loose, slack, soft, supple, weak, yielding |
| Main Entry: | incompressible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | firm |
Synonyms: |
close, close-grained, compact, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congealed, dense, fine-grained, hard, hardened, heavy*, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, inelastic, jelled, nonporous, refractory, rigid, set, solid, solidified, stiff, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough*, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | pulverous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine |
Synonyms: |
diaphanous, dusty, ethereal, exquisite, filmy, fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-spun, flimsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, granular, impalpable, light, lightweight, little, loose, minute, porous, powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverulent, quality, slender, small, thin, threadlike, transparent |
| Main Entry: | pulverulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine |
Synonyms: |
diaphanous, dusty, ethereal, exquisite, filmy, fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-spun, flimsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, granular, impalpable, light, lightweight, little, loose, minute, porous, powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverous, quality, slender, small, thin, threadlike, transparent |