Synonyms for graceful
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Elegant
elegant, gracious, beautiful, lithe, delicate, willowy, smooth, sleek, handsome, genteel, easy, refined, courtly, flowing, polished, gracile, fluent, fluid, lissome US, lissom UK, slender, polite, courteous
Other
natural, airy, unlabored US, unlaboured UK, gracesome
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
She is a graceful dancer.
- adj. 2
Magnanimous, lacking arrogance or complaint; gracious.
The athlete's graceful acceptance of the controversial second-place finish won the admiration of the spectators.
Related words
- Word family
- gracefully gracefulness grace gracious
Example sentences
- delicate Oil on canvas can never paint a petal so delicate.
- elegant Her dress was a simple yet elegant shade of black.
- gracious I didn't know that you are such a gracious person.
- lithe This ballerina has a lithe body.
- airy The airy castle looked like a feudal fortress.
By length
- 4 letters
- easy2, airy2
- 5 letters
- fluid2, sleek1, lithe1
- 6 letters
- smooth1, polite2, fluent2, supple2, lissom
- 7 letters
- natural3, elegant3, flowing2, refined2, slender2, genteel2, courtly2, sinuous2, willowy3, gracile2, lissome
- 8 letters
- handsome2, delicate3, polished2, gracious2
- 9 letters
- beautiful3, courteous3, lithesome, unlabored, gracesome
- 10 letters
- unlaboured
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (easy2 = 2 syllables).