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 Synonyms for clumsy  

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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'clumsy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy
lacking grace in movement or posture
Synonyms: incompetent, fumbling, inept, unmanageable, gawky, ill-chosen, bungling, inapt, ungainly, cumbersome, awkward, clunky, unwieldy, clumsy, bunglesome
Antonyms: felicitous, graceful, skilled, wieldy

2. (adj) awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen
not elegant or graceful in expression
Synonyms: cumbrous, unenviable, feckless, ungainly, ill-chosen, tactless, fumbling, clumsy, inapt, gawky, awkward, bunglesome, cumbersome, bungling, inept, incompetent, unwieldy, embarrassing, clunky, ill at ease(p), uneasy, sticky
Antonyms: felicitous, graceful, skilled, wieldy

3. (adj) awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly
difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
Synonyms: unenviable, ungainly, ill-chosen, fumbling, clumsy, inapt, gawky, awkward, bunglesome, cumbersome, bungling, inept, incompetent, unwieldy, embarrassing, clunky, ill at ease(p), uneasy, sticky
Antonyms: skilled, felicitous, graceful, wieldy

4. (adj) bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent
showing lack of skill or aptitude
Synonyms: butterfingered, handless, ill-chosen, fumbling, clumsy, heavy-handed, unqualified, awkward, cumbersome, ungainly, bunglesome, unequal to(p), unskilled, bumbling, ham-handed, incompetent, unwieldy, ham-fisted, clunky, inapt, inept, bungling, incapable, gawky, left-handed
Antonyms: graceful, skilled, wieldy, felicitous


Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'clumsy' English Synonyms and Antonyms 

1. clumsy
Awkward, from awk (kindred with off, from the Norwegian), is off-ward, turned the wrong way; it was anciently used of a back-handed or left-handed blow in battle, of squinting eyes, etc. Clu
Synonyms: awkward, boorish, clumsy, rough, unhandy, bungling, gawky, uncouth, unskilful, clownish, maladroit, ungainly
Antonyms: adroit, clever, dexterous, handy, skilful, absurdity, contradiction, demonstration, nonsense, paradox, sophism


'clumsy' - Nearby Entries  

clump  clumsily  clumsiness  clumsy  clumsy person  clunch  clunk  



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