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delicacy
Overview of noun delicacy
The noun delicacy has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) daintiness, delicacy, fineness -- (the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features")
2. (1) dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat -- (something considered choice to eat)
3. delicacy, discretion -- (refined taste; tact)
4. delicacy, slightness -- (smallness of stature)
5. fragility, delicacy -- (lack of physical strength)
6. delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse -- (subtly skillful handling of a situation)
7. airiness, delicacy -- (lightness in movement or manner)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun delicacy
7 senses of delicacy
Sense 1
daintiness, delicacy, fineness
=> elegance
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
=> nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
=> food, nutrient
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
delicacy, discretion
=> taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
=> discrimination, secernment
=> basic cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
delicacy, slightness
=> smallness, littleness
=> size
=> magnitude
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
fragility, delicacy
=> weakness
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse
=> tact, tactfulness
=> consideration, considerateness, thoughtfulness
=> kindness
=> good, goodness
=> morality
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
airiness, delicacy
=> liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness
=> animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification
=> activeness, activity
=> trait
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun delicacy
1 of 7 senses of delicacy
Sense 2
dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
=> choice morsel, tidbit, titbit
=> savory, savoury
=> sweet, confection
=> ambrosia, nectar
=> gelatin, jelly
=> marrow, bone marrow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun delicacy
7 senses of delicacy
Sense 1
daintiness, delicacy, fineness
=> elegance
Sense 2
dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
=> nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
Sense 3
delicacy, discretion
=> taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
Sense 4
delicacy, slightness
=> smallness, littleness
Sense 5
fragility, delicacy
=> weakness
Sense 6
delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse
=> tact, tactfulness
Sense 7
airiness, delicacy
=> liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness
Antonyms of noun delicacy
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Attributes of noun delicacy
Derived Forms of noun delicacy
Domain of noun delicacy
Domain Terms of noun delicacy
Familiarity of noun delicacy
delicacy used as a noun is common (polysemy count =7)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun delicacy
7 senses of delicacy
Sense 1
daintiness, delicacy, fineness
> elegance
=> dash, elan, flair, panache, style
=> daintiness, delicacy, fineness
=> courtliness
=> tastefulness
=> breeding, genteelness, gentility
=> chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word
=> magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
=> pomp, eclat
=> class
Sense 2
dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
> nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
=> milk
=> course
=> dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
=> dish
=> fast food
=> finger food
=> ingesta
=> kosher
=> meal, repast
=> mess
=> mince
=> puree
=> stodge
=> wheat germ
=> vitamin pill
=> vitamin
Sense 3
delicacy, discretion
> taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
=> virtu, vertu, connoisseurship
=> vogue, trend, style
=> delicacy, discretion
=> culture
Sense 4
delicacy, slightness
> smallness, littleness
=> diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness
=> delicacy, slightness
=> puniness, runtiness, stuntedness
=> dwarfishness
Sense 5
fragility, delicacy
> weakness
=> smallness, littleness
=> adynamia
=> feebleness, tenuity
=> faintness
=> flimsiness, shoddiness
=> fragility, delicacy
=> insubstantiality
=> attenuation
=> enervation
=> fatigability
=> inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slackness
=> weak part, weak spot, soft spot
=> vulnerability
Sense 6
delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse
> tact, tactfulness
=> delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse
=> savoir-faire, address
Sense 7
airiness, delicacy
> liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness
=> pertness
=> airiness, delicacy
=> alacrity, briskness, smartness
=> energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim
=> elan
=> esprit
=> breeziness, jauntiness
=> irrepressibility, buoyancy
=> high-spiritedness
=> exuberance, enthusiasm, ebullience
=> pep, peppiness, ginger
Meronyms of noun delicacy
7 senses of delicacy
Sense 2
dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
=> nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
=> food, nutrient
HAS PART: food, solid food
Holonyms of noun delicacy
Grep of noun delicacy
delicacy
indelicacy
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