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DELICACY Synonyms

There are 20 synonyms of the word delicacy. (exact relations)
There are 33 hypernyms of the word delicacy. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for DELICACY

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dainty
adjectiveadj
noun

• something considered choice to eat

adjective satellite

• delicately beautiful

• especially pleasing to the taste

• excessively fastidious and easily disgusted

goody
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• something considered choice to eat

treat
verb, nounv, n
noun

• something considered choice to eat

• an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight

verb

• interact in a certain way

• subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

• provide treatment for

• act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

• provide with a gift or entertainment

• provide with choice or abundant food or drink

• engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement

• regard or consider in a specific way

fancy
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
adjective

• not plain; decorative or ornamented

noun

• something many people believe that is false

• imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination

• a predisposition to like something

verb

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

gourmet
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)

luxury
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity

• the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive

• wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living

rarity
nounn
noun

• noteworthy scarcity

• a rarified quality

• something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

specialty
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• an asset of special worth or utility

• a distinguishing trait

• the special line of work you have adopted as your career

tidbit
nounn
noun

• a small tasty bit of food

titbit
nounn
noun

• a small tasty bit of food

airiness
nounn
noun

• the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air

• the property of something weightless and insubstantial

• lightness in movement or manner

daintiness
nounn
noun

• the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance

diplomacy
nounn
noun

• negotiation between nations

• subtly skillful handling of a situation

• wisdom in the management of public affairs

discreetness
nounn
noun

• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

• subtly skillful handling of a situation

discretion
nounn
noun

• freedom to act or judge on one's own

• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

• refined taste; tact

• the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

• the trait of judging wisely and objectively

fineness
nounn
noun

• the quality of being very good indeed

• the property of being very narrow or thin

• having a very fine texture

• the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance

finesse
verb, nounv, n
noun

• subtly skillful handling of a situation

fragility
nounn
noun

• quality of being easily damaged or destroyed

• lack of physical strength

kickshaw
nounn
noun

• something considered choice to eat

slightness
nounn
noun

• the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

• slenderness

• the property of an attractively thin person

Best Hypernyms For DELICACY

Alternatives for DAINTY

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