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Synonyms for ticklish

  • adjective

Most common

difficult delicate touchy unsteady

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Delicate — touchy, sensitive, or delicate

delicate, difficult, touchy, hard, nice, critical

2. Uncertain

uncertain, unsteady, unstable, variable

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Touchy, sensitive, or delicate.

  2. adj. 2

    Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.

    She is ticklish only on her tummy and the bottoms of her feet.

Example sentences

  • difficult Explain to him the difficult situation you are in.
  • delicate Oil on canvas can never paint a petal so delicate.
  • touchy Sami said marriage was a very touchy subject for him.
  • unsteady I drank too much and was unsteady on my feet.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
ticklishsteady
difficultsteady
delicatesteady
touchyrising
unsteadysteady

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

By length

4 letters
hard1, nice1
6 letters
touchy2
8 letters
critical3, variable4, delicate3, unstable3, unsteady3
9 letters
difficult3, uncertain3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (touchy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
chatouilleux
Italiano
permaloso
Español
quisquilloso