What is another word for awkward?

845 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ˈɔːkwəd], [ ˈɔːkwəd], [ ˈɔː_k_w_ə_d]

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Opposite words for awkward:

all
clumsy, inelegant
difficult to handle
embarrassing
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n.

Homophones for awkward

Awkward definition

Synonyms for Awkward:

adj.
•affected (adjective)
- hamer,
- pre-tended,
- shallower,
- frauder,
- hammier,
- most put-on,
- more affected,
- hamest,
- more counterfeited,
- insincere,
- hammiest,
- more faked,
- most puton,
- un natural,
- pretentious,
- more playacting,
- sham,
- puton,
- pre tended,
- shallow,
- in sincerer,
- most counterfeited,
- high falutin',
- un-natural,
- more put-on,
- over done,
- in-sincerer,
- most put on,
- more puton,
- ostentatious,
- fraudest,
- simulated,
- in sincere,
- over-done,
- most faked,
- schmaltzy,
- in-sincere,
- fraud,
- in-sincerest,
- in sincerest,
- most playacting,
- more put on.
•all (adjective)
- awkward.
•angular (adjective)
- lean.
•bulky (adjective)
- un handier,
- un-wieldier,
- un handiest,
- un handy,
- unhandier,
- un wieldy,
- un-handy,
- unhandiest,
- un-handiest,
- un-wieldy,
- immense,
- un wieldiest,
- voluminous,
- un wieldier,
- un-wieldiest,
- un-handier.
•clumsy, inelegant (adjective)
- unpolished,
- having two left feet,
- unskilled,
- green,
- stumbling,
- unrefined,
- Blundering,
- uncoordinated,
- oafish,
- having two left hands,
- Floundering,
- artless,
- amateurish.
•crabby (adjective)
- chuffier,
- more mumpish,
- chuffiest,
- most mumpish.
•crabby/crabbed (adjective)
- ill humored,
- gloomy,
- more difficult,
- more nasty-tempered,
- badtempered,
- more splenetic,
- nastytempered,
- more ill-humored,
- most nasty-tempered,
- most crabbed,
- illhumored,
- illtempered,
- huffy,
- more nasty tempered,
- most ill humored,
- morose,
- nasty tempered,
- more nastytempered,
- irritable,
- snappish,
- un-sociable,
- most ill-humored,
- ill tempered,
- more illhumored,
- more ill humored,
- most splenetic,
- splenetic,
- most nasty tempered,
- un sociable,
- most nastytempered,
- ill-humored,
- mis-anthropic,
- bad tempered,
- most illhumored,
- mis anthropic.
•cramped (adjective)
- more circumscribed,
- most two by four,
- most squeezed,
- in-decipherable,
- more squeezed,
- more two by four,
- more two-by-four,
- in decipherable,
- more pent,
- most two-by-four,
- two by four,
- most circumscribed,
- most pent,
- tiny.
•crotchety (adjective)
- cross-grained,
- obstinate,
- vinegary,
- waspy,
- bearish,
- curmudgeonly,
- Crossgrained.
•crude (adjective)
- in-decent,
- un-enlightened,
- indecent,
- ill bred,
- most ill bred,
- more cloddish,
- un enlightened,
- most ill-bred,
- in sensible,
- in decent,
- most barnyard,
- more loud-mouthed,
- most loud-mouthed,
- in-sensible,
- more ill-bred,
- more ill bred,
- more loud mouthed,
- loud mouthed,
- grodiest,
- most cloddish,
- most lowbred,
- more illbred,
- most illbred,
- in-delicate,
- in delicate,
- more barnyard,
- more lowbred,
- most loud mouthed,
- grodier.
•difficult to handle (adjective)
- hard to use,
- chancy,
- risky,
- perilous,
- disagreeable,
- dangerous.
•disobliging (adjective)
- unaccommodating,
- Unamiable,
- unhelpful,
- ill-disposed.
•embarrassing (adjective)
- perplexing,
- trying,
- compromising.
•fractious (adjective)
- fractious,
- pettish.
•gangling (adjective)
- gangly,
- gangling,
- Spindling,
- long-limbed,
- leggy,
- long-legged,
- leggier.
•gauche (adjective)
- ham-handed.
•gawky (adjective)
- more clownish,
- most clownish,
- lumpy,
- splayest,
- splayer.
•graceless (adjective)
- clunkiest,
- un-mannered,
- in decorous,
- un mannered,
- un fortunate,
- un-fortunate,
- clunkier,
- in-decorous.
•halting (adjective)
- more claudicant,
- in-decisive,
- more limping,
- most stumbling,
- most claudicant,
- more stuttering,
- most faltering,
- most limping,
- most stuttering,
- most stammering,
- more stammering,
- Vacillatory,
- more stumbling,
- in decisive,
- more faltering.
•heavy (adjective)
- heavy-laden,
- weighted,
- lead-footed,
- two-ton,
- zaftig.
•heavy-laden (adjective)
- more l,
- most l,
- L,
- heavyladen,
- heavy laden.
•heavyweight (adjective)
- heavyweight.
•hefty (adjective)
- large scale,
- largescale,
- ex tensive,
- most thumping,
- more thumping.
•hulky (adjective)
- hulky.
•ill (at ease) (adjective)
- ill.
•ill-chosen (adjective)
- jinxed,
- unprosperous,
- in a bad way,
- out of luck.
•ill-timed (adjective)
- in-appropriate,
- more mistimed,
- un-welcome,
- un-suitable,
- unwelcome,
- mis timed,
- mis-timed,
- most mistimed,
- un-favorable,
- un welcome,
- in appropriate,
- ill-timed,
- un seasonable,
- un-seasonable,
- un suitable,
- illtimed,
- un favorable.
•ill at ease (adjective)
- unrelaxed,
- out of place,
- fidgety,
- on tenterhooks,
- on pins and needles.
•improper (adjective)
- at odds,
- unfitting,
- out-of-season,
- out-of-place,
- unwarranted,
- inapposite,
- off-base,
- unbefitting,
- Unapt.
•inapt (adjective)
- in-experienced,
- most illadapted,
- more ill-adapted,
- un meeter,
- more illfitted,
- illsuited,
- most illfitted,
- most ill-fitted,
- in adept,
- in-apter,
- most ill adapted,
- un-abler,
- un proficient,
- un-ablest,
- in-adept,
- more inadept,
- most unproficient,
- in-aptest,
- un-meeter,
- most ill-adapted,
- un abler,
- un-proficient,
- in aptest,
- un dexterous,
- more ill adapted,
- most inadept,
- most unfacile,
- unmeeter,
- ill suited,
- in apter,
- most ill fitted,
- ill fitted,
- more illadapted,
- un-facile,
- un-meetest,
- more unfacile,
- Unmeet,
- in-sipid,
- more undexterous,
- un-dexterous,
- unmeetest,
- in experienced,
- un ablest,
- ill adapted,
- most undexterous,
- more unproficient,
- illadapted,
- un meetest,
- more ill fitted,
- more ill-fitted,
- un facile,
- un meet,
- illfitted,
- un-meet,
- in sipid.
•incommodious (adjective)
- in commodious,
- in-commodious.
•incompetent (adjective)
- in-adequate,
- in-effectual,
- dis qualified,
- most unequipped,
- most floundering,
- inefficient,
- un-initiated,
- more unequipped,
- in-capable,
- un-equipped,
- un-fitted,
- in competent,
- un initiated,
- most unfitted,
- un-qualified,
- un trained,
- in-efficient,
- most amateur,
- more unadapted,
- more floundering,
- out lunch,
- most unadapted,
- most disqualified,
- more disqualified,
- in capable,
- un-trained,
- un adapted,
- in efficient,
- un-adapted,
- in eligible,
- un fitted,
- more unfitted,
- dis-qualified,
- incapable,
- in-eligible,
- more amateur,
- in-sufficient,
- in-competent,
- un equipped,
- un qualified,
- bushleague,
- in adequate,
- in effectual.
•inconvenient (adjective)
- in convenient,
- dis advantageous,
- pre judicial,
- re-mote,
- dis-advantageous,
- in-convenient,
- pre-judicial.
•inelegant (adjective)
- earthy,
- brutish,
- gross,
- tasteless,
- barbarous,
- vulgar,
- undignified,
- raw,
- tawdry,
- uncivil.
•inept (adjective)
- more butterfingers,
- most butterfingers,
- more loser,
- most loser.
•inexpert (adjective)
- in expert,
- in-expert.
•infelicitous (adjective)
- in-felicitous,
- in felicitous.
•inopportune (adjective)
- delinquent,
- inauspicious,
- belated,
- premature,
- unpunctual.
•intractable (adjective)
- in tractable,
- most bull-headed,
- in-tractable,
- pig headed,
- more bull-headed,
- most bull headed,
- bull headed,
- more bull headed.
•intractable /intransigent (adjective)
- more tough-nut,
- un-pliabler,
- more self-willed,
- more selfwilled,
- most intransigent,
- un-bending,
- self willed,
- more toughnut,
- selfwilled,
- in compliant,
- most self willed,
- set stone,
- un-compromising,
- un-yielding,
- in soluble,
- toughnut,
- in-soluble,
- un-pliablest,
- un-pliable,
- in-curable,
- most tough nut,
- un pliable,
- most self-willed,
- unpliabler,
- un compromising,
- un-governable,
- re solute,
- un yielding,
- un governable,
- in curable,
- more tough nut,
- more self willed,
- most selfwilled,
- unpliablest,
- un pliabler,
- in-compliant,
- most toughnut,
- hardline,
- re-solute,
- most tough-nut,
- un pliablest,
- un bending.
•irritable (adjective)
- crabby.
•la-di-da (adjective)
- la di da.
•labored (adjective)
- effortful,
- up hill,
- Operose,
- up-hill.
•left-handed (adjective)
- lefthanded,
- left handed,
- most southpaw,
- southpaw,
- most sinistral,
- more southpaw,
- Ambilevous,
- most ambilevous,
- more ambilevous,
- sinistral,
- more sinistral.
•outlandish (adjective)
- more outre,
- unheard-of,
- un conventional,
- unheardof,
- farout,
- most outre,
- un-conventional.
•rustic (adjective)
- more clodhopping,
- un-educated,
- most clodhopping,
- un-mannerly,
- un mannerly,
- un sophisticated,
- uneducated,
- un educated.
•self-conscious (adjective)
- self-conscious,
- out of countenance.
•sloppy (adjective)
- most botched,
- in-attentive,
- more unthorough,
- un tidiest,
- un-kempt,
- un tidier,
- un kempter,
- un kempt,
- un-kempter,
- most unthorough,
- un-tidy,
- un kemptest,
- un-tidier,
- more botched,
- un-kemptest,
- be-draggled,
- un tidy,
- be draggled,
- un-tidiest.
•sticky (adjective)
•strained (adjective)
- hard put,
- nervous wreck,
- wrecker,
- strung out,
- in a state,
- at end of rope,
- taut,
- unglued.
•strange (adjective)
- un familiar,
- un-related,
- un explored,
- un triedest,
- un-known,
- out side,
- un known,
- un-familiar,
- untried,
- most apart,
- un-trieder,
- unfamiliar,
- un-tried,
- un tried,
- un related,
- un trieder,
- most romanesque,
- more romanesque,
- un-triedest,
- more apart,
- un-explored.
•tactless (adjective)
- more unconsiderate,
- un-perceptive,
- un perceptive,
- un subtle,
- un sympathetic,
- mis-understanding,
- more blundering,
- un feeling,
- un considerate,
- un subtler,
- un-kinder,
- un kindest,
- un subtlest,
- un kind,
- un-kind,
- most misunderstanding,
- un-subtlest,
- in judicious,
- un-kindest,
- most blundering,
- in-discreet,
- mis understanding,
- un kinder,
- un-subtler,
- in-judicious,
- most unconsiderate,
- in discreet,
- more misunderstanding,
- un-subtle,
- un-considerate.
•thorny (adjective)
- more harassing,
- most harassing,
- Harassing.
•ticklish (adjective)
- un stable,
- un-stablest,
- un-stabler,
- pre-carious,
- un stablest,
- un steadier,
- un steadiest,
- pre carious,
- un stabler,
- un-steadier,
- un-steadiest,
- un steady,
- un-stable,
- in-constant.
•unapt (adjective)
- un apter,
- un-apter,
- un aptest,
- un-aptest.
•unbecoming (adjective)
- un handsomer,
- un sightliest,
- dis-creditable,
- un worthy,
- un lovelier,
- un-worthiest,
- un fair,
- un godliest,
- un worthiest,
- unhandsomest,
- un-becoming,
- un-flattering,
- un-sightlier,
- un worthier,
- un-fairer,
- un handsomest,
- un loveliest,
- un-fair,
- un-fairest,
- un-handsome,
- un flattering,
- un becoming,
- un sightlier,
- un-handsomest,
- un-godliest,
- un sightly,
- un fairer,
- un-sightliest,
- un attractive,
- dis creditable,
- un fairest,
- un-sightly,
- unhandsomer,
- un godlier,
- un-worthier,
- un-godly,
- un godly,
- un-handsomer,
- un-lovely,
- un-godlier,
- un-lovelier,
- un lovely,
- un handsome,
- un-loveliest,
- un-attractive.
•unbefitting (adjective)
- un befitting,
- un-befitting,
- out line.
•uncomfortable (adjective)
- ill fitting,
- more ill fitting,
- most illfitting,
- dis-composed,
- more ill-fitting,
- most chafed,
- more vexed,
- more torturing,
- most ill-fitting,
- more illfitting,
- torturing,
- most discomposed,
- dis composed,
- more suffering,
- most anguished,
- most galled,
- un comfortable,
- galling,
- more galled,
- most suffering,
- illfitting,
- more wracked,
- most vexed,
- most torturing,
- most wracked,
- more anguished,
- more chafed,
- more discomposed,
- un-comfortable,
- pained,
- most ill fitting.
•uncouth (adjective)
- more ungenteel,
- un-couth,
- un-civilized,
- more disgracious,
- most ungenteel,
- un civilized,
- un couth,
- dis-gracious,
- most disgracious,
- un-genteel,
- un-gentlemanly,
- un genteel,
- un gentlemanly,
- dis gracious.
•unfit (adjective)
- in-effective,
- most butter-fingered,
- not to,
- un-fit,
- more ill equipped,
- butter fingered,
- most ill equipped,
- more illequipped,
- in effective,
- unpracticed,
- un fit,
- most ill-equipped,
- in capacitated,
- most butter fingered,
- un prepared,
- more butter-fingered,
- un-prepared,
- more ill-equipped,
- in-capacitated,
- un-practiced,
- more butter fingered,
- illequipped,
- un practiced,
- most butterfingered,
- most illequipped,
- ill equipped,
- more butterfingered.
•ungraceful (adjective)
- un-graceful,
- more uncourtly,
- un-courtly,
- un graceful,
- un courtly,
- most uncourtly.
•unmanageable (adjective)
- un bridled,
- un manageable,
- un controllable,
- un-controlled,
- un-restrained,
- un-controllable,
- un-manageable,
- dis obedient,
- un controlled,
- out control,
- dis-obedient,
- un-bridled.
•unpolitic (adjective)
- un politic,
- un-politic.
•unskilled (adjective)
- un schooled,
- un-skilled,
- un talented,
- more inproficient,
- most inproficient,
- un skilled,
- un-developed,
- most untalented,
- more untalented,
- un-talented,
- un-schooled,
- in-proficient,
- in proficient.
•unskillful (adjective)
- Skill-less.
•untactful (adjective)
- un tactful,
- un-tactful.
•untimely (adjective)
- anachronistic,
- a bit previous,
- too late,
- overearly,
- early on,
- Oversoon,
- too early,
- bright and early,
- out of date.
•untoward (adjective)
- ill starred,
- most misfortunate,
- illstarred,
- starcrossed,
- Star-crossed,
- mis fortunate,
- mis-fortunate,
- more misfortunate,
- star crossed.
•wrong (adjective)
- off-balance,
- off balance,
- not done.
n.
- be all fingers and thumbs.
- bad,
- adverse,
- contentious,
- fraught,
- ability,
- troublesome,
- problematic,
- disruptive,
- invidious,
- lumpish.
- challenging,
- tough,
- complicated,
- be an effort,
- punishing,
- taxing,
- arduous,
- demanding.
- good,
- unfortunate.
- feelings.
•awkward (noun)
- hard,
- laboured.
•inconvenient (noun)
- ponderous.
•obstinate (noun)
- perverse.
•uncomfortable (noun)
- ashamed.
Other synonyms:
- convulsive,
- insolvable,
- straitened,
- clodhopper,
- insuperable,
- messy,
- jarring,
- intolerable,
- stilted,
- insupportable,
- robotic,
- onerous,
- butterfingers,
- insurmountable,
- klutz,
- recalcitrant,
- klutzy,
- accident-prone,
- inglorious,
- unbridgeable,
- doddering,
- jerky,
- unseasonable,
- unfeasible,
- unseemly,
- humiliating,
- ignoble,
- ignominious,
- toe-curling,
- bumbling,
- shameful.
- impossible,
- ungovernable,
- insoluble,
- Fiendish,
- neat,
- testing,
- dreaded,
- intractable.
- elusive,
- tricky,
- gnarly,
- unrelenting,
- inaccessible,
- painful,
- chronic,
- hypersensitive.
- guilty,
- unhappy.
- delicate.
- gray.
•awkward
- flat-footed.
•clumsy
- lubberly,
- lumbering,
- elephantine.
•formal
- posed.
•objectionable
- undesirable.
•uncouth
- unsophisticated.

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Equivalence
- Adjective
  difficult, inconvenient, clumsy.
Independent
- Adjective
  weird, embarrassed, complicated, annoying, impractical, problematic, disturbing, uneasy, hard, curious, challenging, unfortunate, inappropriate, odd, sticky, tough, onerous, burdensome, bizarre, Distracting, nasty, troubling, tiresome, intrusive, arduous, precarious, disruptive, funny, messy, irritating, quirky, boring, bulky, heavy-handed, misguided, surprising, convoluted, dire, distressing, unwieldy, inept, troubled, unwelcome, freaky, comfortable, intricate, creepy, lame, unusual, tedious, fragile, annoyed.
- Interjection
  odd, bizarre.
Other Related
- Adjective
  uncomfortable, troublesome, delicate, cumbersome, tricky, unpleasant, disagreeable, sensitive, thorny, intractable, bothersome, strange, thankless, painful.
- Noun, singular or mass
  embarrassment.
- Interjection
  weird, strange.

Antonyms for Awkward:

adj.
- all
  graceful.
- clumsy, inelegant
  clever, artful, convenient, easy, adroit, straightforward, skillful, dexterous, elegant, handy.
- difficult to handle
  safe, secure, helpful.
- embarrassing
  painless, pleasant, delightful.
- Other antonyms:
  facile, self-assured, placid, desirable, agreeable, confident, composed, poised, able, serene, paradox, tranquil, undisturbed, self-possessed, pleasing, willowy, gracious, professional, coordinated, diplomatic, felicitous, collected, advantageous, functional, demonstration, capable, endurable, self-confident, nimble, absurdity, sure-handed, practical, calm, cool, tactful, nonsense, polished, effortless, contradiction, acceptable, competent, sufferable, useful, tolerable, sophism, bearable, wieldy, serviceable, unperturbed, assured, practicable.
Other antonyms:
- n.
  amiable, comfy, courtly, diffuse, diffused, manageable, soft.

Homophones for Awkward:

accrete, assert, acridity, acridid, akeridae, assured, accredit, akaryote, asserted, agreed, acarid, accredited, ascaridia, ague root, ascaridae, accrued, access road, asgard, acerate, acaryote, acaridae, accord, acquired, accurate, acardia, acrid, Azurite, aigret, assort, aigrette, acrididae, aggrade, assorted.

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