Synonyms for delicacy
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Taste
taste, finesse, elegance, sensitiveness, sensibility, nicety, sensitivity, tact, refinement, niceness, diplomacy, discrimination, fastidiousness, discreetness, subtlety
3. Fineness
Other
morsel, luxury, modesty, ambrosia, decency, scruple, tidbit US, titbit UK, agreeableness, discretion, slenderness, scrupulousness, slightness
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being delicate.
- n. 2
Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.
- n. 3
Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
- n. 4
Frailty of health or fitness.
Related words
- Word family
- delicate delicatessen delicious delight
Forms
- Plural
- delicacies → tastes, finesses, elegances, sensitivenesses…
Example sentences
- taste My wife's taste in clothes is different from mine.
- elegance They move through the world with a quiet elegance.
- finesse It could have been executed with more finesse.
- fragility Remember the fragility of your existence.
- modesty Does modesty prevent you from seeing my naked blade?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| delicacy | steady | |
| taste | rising | |
| elegance | steady | |
| finesse | rising | |
| sensitiveness | falling | |
| fragility | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- tact1
- 5 letters
- treat1, taste1, goody2
- 6 letters
- luxury3, dainty2, morsel2, tidbit2, nicety3, titbit
- 7 letters
- decency3, finesse2, modesty3, frailty2, scruple2
- 8 letters
- weakness2, elegance3, subtlety3, softness2, ambrosia3, niceness2, thinness2, fineness, airiness, kickshaw
- 9 letters
- diplomacy4, fragility4
- 10 letters
- discretion3, refinement3, tenderness3, daintiness, slightness
- 11 letters
- sensitivity5, sensibility5, slenderness
- 12 letters
- discreetness
- 13 letters
- agreeableness, sensitiveness4
- 14 letters
- discrimination5, fastidiousness, scrupulousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (goody2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- délicatesse
- Italiano
- delicatezza
- Español
- delicadeza
- Deutsch
- Zartheit
- Català
- delicadesa