Delicate crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 letters

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

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