Synonyms for subtile
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : suht-l, suhb-til |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌt l, ˈsʌb tɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for subtile Other synonyms for the word subtile
- attenuate
- attenuated
- deficient
- diaphanous
- exceptional
- few
- few and far between
- filmy
- flimsy
- gossamer
- inconceivable
- isolated
- light
- magnificent
- out of the ordinary
- outstanding
- permeable
- preeminent
- rare
- rarefied
- recherché
- refined
- remarkable
- scanty
- scattered
- see-through
- seldom
- semioccasional
- sheer
- short
- slight
- sparse
- sporadic
- subtile
- tenuous
- thin
- towering
- translucent
- uncommon
- unfrequent
- unheard of
- unimaginable
- unique
- unlikely
- unsubstantial
- unthinkable
- unusual
- unwonted
- wafer-thin
- wispy
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for subtile
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