ticklish

1. 1.

   difficult to handle; requiring great tact

   “delicate negotiations with the big powers”

   “hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter”

   “a touchy subject”

   Synonymsdelicatetouchy

   Similardifficult

Questions about ticklish

What does ticklish mean?

ticklish means "difficult to handle; requiring great tact".

How many syllables are in ticklish?

ticklish has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈtɪkəlɪʃ/.

What is another word for ticklish?

Close synonyms include delicate, touchy. 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 ticklish a common word?

ticklish is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.