Antonyms for subtile

Grammar : Adj

Spell : suht-l, suhb-til

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌt l, ˈsʌb tɪl

Definition of subtile

Origin : late 14c., "clever, dexterous," from Old French subtil (14c.), from Latin subtilis "fine, thin, delicate" (see subtle). A Latinized refashioning of the French source of subtle.

As in rare : adj exceptional, infrequent
As in thin : adj transparent, fine
As in standout : adj rare

Example sentences :

What subtile questions are cleared up by them in a very short time!
Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet

A wordless question is asked, a subtile understanding is vouchsafed.
Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

This we may confirm by a reflection, which to some will, perhaps, appear too subtile and refined.
Extract from : « A Treatise of Human Nature » by David Hume

His reason is dispersed and shadowy, more thin and subtile, like the air.
Extract from : « The Maine Woods » by Henry David Thoreau

That which is the subtile essence, in it all that exists has itself.
Extract from : « Indian Myth and Legend » by Donald Alexander Mackenzie

And the traveller Leopold said that he should go otherwhither for he was a man of cautels and a subtile.
Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce

Unfortunately for me, doubtlessly, that is so subtile, that I do not understand it.
Extract from : « The Prairie Flower » by Gustave Aimard

Some subtile disquietude had arisen to disturb his serenity.
Extract from : « A Book o' Nine Tales. » by Arlo Bates

You cannot see the subtile power conveyed from one man to a weaker.
Extract from : « The Funny Side of Physic » by A. D. Crabtre

With the cold and critical she would have lost her subtile charm.
Extract from : « Mariposilla » by Mary Stewart Daggett

Synonyms for subtile

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