Qualities
Synonyms for delicate
Synonyms for delicate: fragile and touchy. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for delicate
- fragileadjective, in the sense "easily broken or damaged or destroyed"
- touchyadjective, in the sense "difficult to handle"
Two senses of delicate, two audited synonyms, one for each. The bank does not stack alternatives under a sense it has not separated.
easily broken or damaged or destroyed
A kite too delicate to fly safely.
The true synonym
fragile
Same sentence, swapped: A kite too fragile to fly safely.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot delicate is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- soft
- touchy
- smooth
difficult to handle
Delicate negotiations with the big powers.
The true synonym
touchy
Same sentence, swapped: Touchy negotiations with the big powers.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- soft
- smooth
- complex
Where delicate turns up in the game
delicate is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where delicate is the trap
- symmetricaladjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is matched, in the sense "having two sides that mirror each other exactly", with delicate sitting one tile away.
- vigorousadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is energetic, in the sense "physically strong and full of energy", with delicate sitting one tile away.
- tenderadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is fond, in the sense "having or displaying warmth or affection", so delicate is there to be ruled out.
- soberadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is drab, in the sense "lacking brightness or color", and delicate is on the board beside it.
Play delicate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so delicate reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. delicate carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.