breakable
Can be smashed
Breakable describes something capable of being broken—fragile enough that impact or pressure could shatter, crack, or damage it.
The word often appears as a warning or consideration: Pack the breakables separately.
As a noun, breakables are fragile items requiring careful handling: glassware, ceramics, delicate ornaments.
Liable to shatter
- shatterableAble to fragment
- frangibleCapable of being broken
- crackableAble to be broken
- splinteryProne to breaking sharply
delicate · frail · glassy · porcelain · crystal · eggshell · thin · gossamer
Able to burst open
- collapsibleAble to compress compactly
- perishableProne to decay
- degradableAble to decompose
- dissolvableCapable of being liquefied
corrodible · fissile · decaying · wreckable · damageable · destructible
Out in open
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
fragile · precarious · at-risk · assailable · penetrable · weak · insecure · threatened
Easily broken or damaged
Lasting very briefly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- impermanentNot meant to last
- short-livedLasting only briefly
passing · provisional · fragile · perishable · disposable · single-use · expendable · replaceable
brittle
Liable to shatter
- shatterableAble to fragment
- frangibleCapable of being broken
- crackableAble to be broken
splintery · delicate · frail · glassy · porcelain · crystal · eggshell · thin · gossamer · chippable
rupturable
Able to burst open
- collapsibleAble to compress compactly
- perishableProne to decay
- degradableAble to decompose
dissolvable · corrodible · fissile · decaying · wreckable · damageable · destructible
exposed
Out in open
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- defenselessWithout means to resist
endangered · fragile · precarious · at-risk · assailable · penetrable · weak · insecure · threatened · unshielded
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
careful · protected · padded · wrapped · cushioned · packaged
ephemeral
Lasting very briefly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- impermanentNot meant to last
short-lived · passing · provisional · fragile · perishable · disposable · single-use · expendable · replaceable · throwaway
- delicatedelicate, fragile, dainty, frail, tender
- container traitsairtight, leakproof, sealed, watertight, stackable
- vulnerabilityvulnerability, vulnerable, defenselessness, defenseless, helplessness
breakableunbreakable
Impossible to damage
indestructible · shatterproof · nonbreakable · infrangible · sturdy