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100 Best Synonyms for “Brittle”

July 14, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. attenuated made thin and weak
2. bone-dry completely dry
3. break-prone likely to break easily
4. breakable able to break easily
5. breakdown-prone likely to fail easily
6. breaky easy to break
7. burnt-dry dried out and fragile
8. ceramic-like hard and easily chipped
9. chalky dry and crumbly
10. chip-prone likely to chip
11. compromised weakened or made vulnerable
12. crack-prone likely to crack
13. cracking liable to crack
14. crackly prone to cracking
15. crisp hard and easily snapped
16. crisped made dry and fragile
17. crumbly breaking into small dry pieces
18. damage-prone easily damaged
19. debilitated weakened and fragile
20. decrepit worn out and fragile
21. defective not sound; flawed
22. degraded reduced in quality or strength
23. delicate easily damaged or broken
24. delicately balanced easily disturbed or upset
25. desiccated extremely dried out
26. dilapidated in poor, fragile condition
27. dry lacking moisture; easily cracked
28. eggshell-thin very thin and fragile
29. embrittled made brittle or fragile
30. enfeebled made weak and fragile
31. feeble physically weak or fragile
32. filmy very thin and delicate
33. fissile easily split along lines
34. flaky breaking into thin pieces
35. flimsy weak and easily damaged
36. fracturable able to fracture easily
37. fracturing liable to fracture
38. fragile easily broken or damaged
39. frail weak and easily broken
40. friable easily crumbled or pulverized
41. glasslike hard and easily broken
42. glassy hard, smooth, and breakable
43. gossamer very light and delicate
44. hard firm and not yielding
45. inflexible not bending easily
46. insecure not firm or dependable
47. insolid not solid or firm
48. insubstantial lacking strength or solidity
49. lifeless lacking vitality or resilience
50. lightweight not heavy or sturdy
51. mineralized hardened and more breakable
52. nonresilient lacking resilience
53. ossified hardened and inflexible
54. oven-dry extremely dry and brittle
55. overbaked too dry and breakable
56. overdry too dry and fragile
57. overstiff too stiff and breakable
58. paper-thin very thin and fragile
59. papery thin and easy to tear
60. parched dried out and fragile
61. perishable not durable; easily ruined
62. played-out worn out and weak
63. powdery dry and easily crumbled
64. precarious dangerously unstable or insecure
65. puny small, weak, and fragile
66. ramshackle badly built and fragile
67. raw sore, tender, and vulnerable
68. rickety weak and likely to break
69. rigid stiff and not flexible
70. rupturable able to burst or break
71. rupturing liable to burst or break
72. sensitive easily affected or damaged
73. shaky not stable or secure
74. shardy breaking into sharp pieces
75. shatterable easy to shatter
76. shattering liable to shatter
77. sheer very thin and delicate
78. shell-like thin and easily broken
79. snappable easy to snap
80. splinter-prone likely to splinter
81. splintery prone to splintering
82. splitting liable to split apart
83. stiff rigid and easy to crack
84. susceptible easily affected or harmed
85. tender easily hurt or damaged
86. tenuous thin, weak, and fragile
87. thin not thick; easily damaged
88. unresilient not springy or durable
89. unsound not solid or reliable
90. unstable not firm or durable
91. unsturdy not strong or stable
92. used-up exhausted and weakened
93. vulnerable easily harmed or damaged
94. wafer-thin extremely thin and delicate
95. wasted very thin and weak
96. weak not strong or sturdy
97. weathered worn and weakened by exposure
98. wispy thin and fragile
99. withered dry, shrunken, and fragile
100. worn damaged by long use

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