GRACEFULNESS Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

gracefulness

noun

as in elegance

dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style a home decorated with all of the gracefulness you'd expect of a fashion designer impressed by the gracefulness of the antebellum mansion

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Recent Examples of gracefulness Here’s to creating new ones, accompanied by Brilliant Earth’s peerless styles and the kind of gracefulness Taylor exhibited all throughout her life. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 Points were awarded for eyes, nose, mouth, facial expression, hair, torso, extremities, and overall gracefulness. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026 The brightly colored stalk of larkspur blooms will always draw attention in the garden, and true to their aesthetic, these statuesque flowers are associated with gracefulness and positivity. — Jenny Krane, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2026 Her stage presence, fashion and gracefulness all stood out, said Billy Mitchell, the Apollo's in-house historian. — Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026 Ca$ino, which feels like a difficult yet necessary transition out of The Melodic Blue and lacks that album’s easy gracefulness, may not yield an immediate answer. — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2026 In those moments, though, there's just a gracefulness in the world. — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2025

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Noun

Something draped and silk is my sweet spot, offering both elegance and comfort.

— Fred Sahai, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
All four movies exhibit Mackenzie’s knack for trenchant social and political commentary slightly heightened by his elegance as a dramatist and visceral genre filmmaker, and all are accompanied by illuminating supplements.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of elegance

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The best O’Hara acolytes are the ones who encourage us to see the beauty in the world, attuned to torsos on a New York Street or the majesty of making eggs for a loved one.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
To walk deep into the mountain forests at the doorstep of the Rocky Mountains, is to encounter the fragrant majesty of century-old ponderosa pine trees famous for lining ski slopes, National Park trails and residential neighborhoods.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

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