Each answer listed here for “Delicate” has appeared in crosswords using the same or nearly identical clue, helping you quickly identify what has worked for others in similar solving contexts.
Likely Answers:
- FRAGILE
- SUBTLE
- DAINTY
- NICE
- ETHEREAL
- SOFT
- PETITE
- FINE
- TENDER
- FRAIL
- LIGHT
- LACY
Synonyms and Definitions
FRAGILE
- Synonyms: flimsy, frail, slight, tenuous, thin
SUBTLE
- Synonyms: elusive, insidious, pernicious
DAINTY
- Synonyms: delicacy, exquisite, goody, kickshaw, mincing, nice, niminy-piminy, overnice, prim, prissy, squeamish, treat, twee
NICE
- Synonyms: courteous, dainty, decent, gracious, skillful
ETHEREAL
- Synonyms: aerial, aeriform, aery, airy, celestial, gossamer, supernal
SOFT
- Synonyms: balmy, cushy, diffuse, diffused, easy, easygoing, flabby, flaccid, gentle, indulgent, lenient, mild, piano, sonant, subdued, voiced
PETITE
- Synonyms: bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, tiny
FINE
- Synonyms: all right, amercement, hunky-dory, mulct, o.k., okay, ticket
TENDER
- Synonyms: affectionate, attendant, attender, bid, crank, cranky, cutter, fond, legal tender, lovesome, offer, pinnace, raw, sensitive, ships boat, sore, stamp, supply ship, tenderise, tenderize, tippy, untoughened, warm
FRAIL
- Synonyms: fallible, fragile, imperfect, weak
LIGHT
- Synonyms: abstemious, alight, brightness, brightness level, calorie-free, clean, clear, dismount, faint, fall, fire up, get down, get off, idle, ignite, igniter, ignitor, illume, illuminate, illumination, illumine, light source, light up, light-colored, light-headed, lighter, lighting, lightness, lightsome, lite, loose, low-cal, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, perch, promiscuous, scant, short, sluttish, spark, sparkle, swooning, tripping, twinkle, unaccented, unclouded, unhorse, visible light, visible radiation, wakeful, wanton
LACY
- Synonyms: lacelike, netlike, netted, webbed, webby, weblike
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- SUBTLE also appears as an answer in Cunning crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 letters.
- SUBTLE also appears as an answer in Precise crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 letters.
- NICE also appears as an answer in Friendly crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 letters.
- ETHEREAL also appears as an answer in Heavenly crossword clue 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters.
- SOFT also appears as an answer in Supple crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 11 letters.