subtle

subtle is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe.
2. superlative. Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem.
3. superlative. Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive.
4. superlative. Smooth and deceptive.
5. adjective. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

   "glaucoma is an insidious disease"

   "a subtle poison"

   Synonyms: insidious, pernicious

6. adjective. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

   "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"

   "a subtle difference"

   Synonyms: elusive

7. adjective. able to make fine distinctions

   "a subtle mind"

Synonyms

insidious, pernicious, elusive

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in subtle:

bluest, bluets, bustle, butles, sublet

Common word forms

subtler, subtlely, subtlest, subtleness

Words from these letters

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