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Synonyms for breakable

  • adjective

Most common

fragile brittle destructible frangible delicate frail flimsy friable

All synonyms

Adjective

fragile, brittle, frangible, weak, destructible, delicate, friable, flimsy, frail, crumbly, splintery, violable, destroyable

Antonyms

unbreakable, indestructible, non-breakable

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Able to break or be broken.

Example sentences

  • fragile Fresh figs are very fragile and highly perishable.
  • brittle Metals can become brittle at low temperatures.
  • delicate Oil on canvas can never paint a petal so delicate.
  • frail Don't embrace me in such a manner. I'm so frail!

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
breakablesteady
fragilerising
brittlefalling
destructiblefalling
frangiblefalling
delicatesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
weak1
5 letters
frail1
6 letters
flimsy2
7 letters
fragile2, brittle2, crumbly, friable
8 letters
delicate3, violable4
9 letters
frangible, splintery3
11 letters
destroyable
12 letters
destructible

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (flimsy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
brisable