GRACILE Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

gracile

adjective

ˈgra-səl

Definition of gracile

as in graceful

moving easily gracile as any pair of classically trained dancers, the bride and groom made their way around the dance floor

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Recent Examples of gracile Alvarezsaurs were predominantly small, with stubby but powerful forelimbs, long and gracile hindlimbs and lightly built skulls. — Reuters, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026 Hawkins misplaced horns and spikes, and some of his robust four-legged dinosaurs were actually gracile bipeds. — Yannic Rack, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023 Elephant bones by comparison are gracile, slender—they’re like twigs compared to mastodons. — Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022 The bright colors and gracile X-braces of the Eames House are written all across the Pompidou Center. — Thomas De Monchaux, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2022 Gracile skulls due to the Mongoloid’s very recent evolutionary development. — Longreads, 1 Aug. 2017 More generally, humans as a whole have become more gracile over the last 10,000 years. — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2012

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graceful

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His strawberry-blond American mother had given him her graceful neck and tall, sleek but broad-shouldered build.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
The slender metal frame swoops into a graceful curve, with a petite tray branching off to one side—a perfect perch for your favorite candle or a warm drink.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2026

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