Synonyms for frail
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Weak — weak; infirm
weak, feeble, infirm, decrepit, imperfect, rickety, human, impotent, fallible, weedy, low, invalid, enervated, peccable, valetudinarian, sickly, unstable, puny, effete, languid, faint, weakly
2. Fragile
fragile, brittle, delicate, slender, flimsy, slim, tender, tenuous, breakable, perishable, slight, frangible
Other
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Weak; infirm.
- adj. 2
Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
- n. 1
A girl.
Forms
- Plural
- frails → girls, lasses, broads, errings…
Example sentences
- imperfect As we are all imperfect human beings, so is life as well.
- feeble The feeble patient is suffering from stomach cancer.
- decrepit I think that his uncle is a decrepit old man.
- fragile Fresh figs are very fragile and highly perishable.
- brittle Metals can become brittle at low temperatures.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1, gal1
- 4 letters
- girl1, weak1, slim1, maid1, lass1, puny2
- 5 letters
- human2, broad1, chick1, faint1, wench1, flail1, weedy2
- 6 letters
- slight1, tender2, maiden2, feeble2, weakly2, flimsy2, sickly2, damsel2, girlie2, infirm2, erring2, effete2
- 7 letters
- fragile2, invalid3, slender2, brittle2, tenuous3, rickety3, languid2, mutable3
- 8 letters
- delicate3, unstable3, impotent3, decrepit3, fallible3, peccable, farasola
- 9 letters
- imperfect3, breakable3, frangible, enervated
- 10 letters
- perishable4
- 14 letters
- valetudinarian
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (puny2 = 2 syllables).