gracile

1. 1.

   slender and graceful

   Synonymswillowy

   Similargraceful

Other forms of gracile

comparative

graciler·

superlative

gracilest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gracile

What does gracile mean?

gracile means "slender and graceful".

How many syllables are in gracile?

gracile has 2 syllables: gracil-e. The stress falls on "gracil". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹæsəl/.

What is another word for gracile?

Close synonyms include willowy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gracile a common word?

gracile is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.