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subtlety
Overview of noun subtlety
The noun subtlety has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement -- (a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning")
2. (1) subtlety, niceness -- (the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun subtlety
2 senses of subtlety
Sense 1
nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
subtlety, niceness
=> difficulty, difficultness
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun subtlety
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun subtlety
2 senses of subtlety
Sense 1
nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
Sense 2
subtlety, niceness
=> difficulty, difficultness
Antonyms of noun subtlety
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Attributes of noun subtlety
Derived Forms of noun subtlety
Domain of noun subtlety
Domain Terms of noun subtlety
Familiarity of noun subtlety
subtlety used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun subtlety
2 senses of subtlety
Sense 1
nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> lexical meaning
=> grammatical meaning
=> symbolization, symbolisation
=> sense, signified
=> intension, connotation
=> referent
=> effect, essence, burden, core, gist
=> intent, purport, spirit
=> moral, lesson
=> nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
=> overtone
=> point
Sense 2
subtlety, niceness
> difficulty, difficultness
=> effortfulness
=> asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness
=> hardness, ruggedness
=> formidability, toughness
=> burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness
=> subtlety, niceness
=> troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment
Meronyms of noun subtlety
2 senses of subtlety
Holonyms of noun subtlety
Grep of noun subtlety
subtlety
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