GRACEFULNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Beautiful carriage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("gracefulness" is a kind of...):

bearing; carriage; posture (characteristic way of bearing one's body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gracefulness"):

grace; gracility (elegance and beauty of movement or expression)

agility; legerity; lightness; lightsomeness; nimbleness (the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble)

lissomeness; litheness; suppleness (the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple)

Antonym:

awkwardness (the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant)

Derivation:

graceful (characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution)