What are the opposite words for clumsy?
Clumsy is an adjective used to describe someone or something that is awkward, uncoordinated or lacking in grace. Antonyms for clumsy include words such as agile, nimble, graceful, coordinated, deft, dexterous, skilled, and adept. The person who is agile can move easily and quickly without being clumsy. The one who is nimble has a light, quick and graceful movement. Similarly, the person who is graceful can move or act in a smooth, controlled and elegant manner. Being coordinated means having good control of one's body movements. Being dexterous and skilled involve being proficient with one's hands and capable of performing delicate tasks. Thus, using these antonyms for clumsy can enhance the quality of writing and communication.
- skillful
- sharp
- expert
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light
- featherweight,
- light-footed,
- sylphlike,
- Floatable,
- Gossamery,
- Imponderous,
- in consequential,
- in substantial,
- in-consequential,
- in-substantial,
- light footed,
- more floatable,
- more gossamery,
- more imponderous,
- more light footed,
- more light-footed,
- more lightfooted,
- more sylphlike,
- more tissuelike,
- most floatable,
- most gossamery,
- most imponderous,
- most light footed,
- most light-footed,
- most lightfooted,
- most sylphlike,
- most tissuelike,
- tissuelike,
- un heavier,
- un heaviest,
- un heavy,
- un substantial,
- un-heavier,
- un-heaviest,
- un-heavy,
- un-substantial,
- unheavier,
- unheaviest.
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fast
- chop-chop,
- Lickety Split,
- like crazy,
- like mad,
- snapper,
- supersonic,
- BLUE STREAK,
- hypersonic,
- in a jiffy,
- like a bat out of hell,
- chop chop,
- chopchop,
- double-time,
- doubletime,
- hairtrigger,
- hyper sonic,
- hyper-sonic,
- in jiffy,
- like a bat out hell,
- like all get out,
- like bat out hell,
- like get out,
- more chop chop,
- more chop-chop,
- more chopchop,
- more double time,
- more double-time,
- more doubletime,
- more expeditive,
- more hairtrigger,
- more hypersonic,
- more speedball,
- more supersonic,
- more velocious,
- most chop-chop,
- most chopchop,
- most double time,
- most doubletime,
- most expeditive,
- most flashing,
- most hairtrigger,
- most hypersonic,
- most speedball,
- most supersonic,
- most velocious,
- on double,
- post haste,
- screamin',
- snappest,
- speedball,
- super sonic,
- super-sonic,
- velocious.
- accomplished
-
adept
- hotshot,
- quick,
- quickest,
- there,
- know stuff,
- more crackerjack,
- more hotshot,
- more wizard,
- most capable,
- most crackerjack,
- most hotshot,
- most wizard,
- no dummy,
- no slouch,
- nobody fool,
- nobody's fool,
- nobodys fool,
- on beam,
- on the beam,
- sharp as a tack,
- sharp as tack,
- therer,
- therest,
- up speed,
- up to speed,
- whizer,
- whizest.
- adroit
- artful
- debonair
- deft
- masterful
- proficient
-
quick
- smart as a whip,
- nimble-witted,
- all there,
- a move on,
- ex press,
- ex-press,
- head long,
- head-long,
- lead out,
- more harefooted,
- more nimble witted,
- more nimble-witted,
- more nimblewitted,
- most harefooted,
- most nimble witted,
- most nimble-witted,
- most nimblewitted,
- move it,
- nimble witted,
- smart as whip,
- the lead out.
- slick
-
speedy
- fast.
- talented
- trig
-
agile
- limber,
- lithe,
- lively,
- mercurial,
- prompt,
- sportive,
- Spright,
- easy-moving,
- easy moving,
- easymoving,
- more acute,
- more bustling,
- more easy moving,
- more easy-moving,
- more easymoving,
- most bustling,
- most easy moving,
- most easy-moving,
- most easymoving,
- most sportive,
- quick draw,
- quick on draw,
- quick on the draw,
- quick the draw,
- sprighter,
- sprightest,
- twinkle toes.
-
capable
- fireball,
- oldtimer,
- knowing the score,
- has what it takes,
- has what takes,
- having goods,
- having know how,
- having know-how,
- having knowhow,
- having right stuff,
- having the goods,
- having the right stuff,
- knowing score,
- like a one man band,
- like a one-man band,
- like a oneman band,
- like a pistol,
- like one man band,
- like one-man band,
- like oneman band,
- like pistol,
- more dynamite,
- more fireball,
- more old timer,
- more old-timer,
- more oldtimer,
- most fireball,
- most old timer,
- most old-timer,
- most oldtimer,
- old timer,
- up it,
- up to it,
- up to snuff.
- dainty
- dexterous
-
fleet
- fleet,
- screaming,
- Barreling,
- Expeditive,
- nimble-footed,
- nimblefooted,
- in nothing flat,
- like greased lightning,
- more barreling,
- more nimble footed,
- more nimble-footed,
- more nimblefooted,
- more screaming,
- most barreling,
- most nimble footed,
- most nimble-footed,
- most nimblefooted,
- most screaming,
- nimble footed.
- gifted
- handy
- limber
- lithe
-
neat
- trig.
- nimble
- portable
- professional
- smart
- suave
- trained
- skilled in activity
- very able
- very able or skilled
- physically or mentally nimble, deft
- skillful; cunning
- able to perform
- nearby
- not agile; awkward
- delicate, fragile, fine
- charming, elegant
-
agile, clever
- deft.
- ingenious, proficient
- knowledgeable, proficient
- not heavy
- expert, skilled
- dexterous, smart
- easily transported
- skilled, trained
- able, skilled
- able, talented
- charming, smooth
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Other relevant words
- esthetic,
- esthetical,
- clarified,
- gifted,
- trained,
- able,
- absurdity,
- assured,
- calm,
- capable,
- collected,
- competent,
- composed,
- confident,
- contradiction,
- cool,
- coordinated,
- demonstration,
- diplomatic,
- easy,
- effortless,
- exact,
- facile,
- faultless,
- felicitous,
- finished,
- flawless,
- functional,
- gracious,
- meticulous,
- neat,
- nonsense,
- paradox,
- perfect,
- perfected,
- placid,
- poised,
- practicable,
- practical,
- precise,
- professional,
- refined,
- secure,
- self-assured,
- self-confident,
- self-possessed,
- serene,
- serviceable,
- sophism,
- sure-handed,
- tactful,
- tranquil,
- undisturbed,
- unperturbed,
- urbane,
- useful,
- well-done,
- wieldy.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
johnny come lately
- Antonyms:
- expert, local, national.
