Definition for Awkward:

• lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; " an awkward dancer"; " an awkward gesture"; " too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; " his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"

Synonyms for Awkward:

• adj.

  •clumsy, inelegant (adjective)
  • unpolished,
  • having two left feet,
  • unskilled,
  • green,
  • stumbling,
  • unrefined,
  • Blundering,
  • uncoordinated,
  • oafish,
  • having two left hands,
  • Floundering,
  • artless,
  • amateurish.
  •crotchety (adjective)
  • obstinate.
  •difficult to handle (adjective)
  • hard to use,
  • chancy,
  • risky,
  • perilous,
  • disagreeable,
  • dangerous.
  •disobliging (adjective)
  • unaccommodating.
  •embarrassing (adjective)
  • perplexing,
  • trying,
  • compromising.
  •fractious (adjective)
  • fractious.
  •gauche (adjective)
  • ham-handed.
  •heavy (adjective)
  • heavy-laden.
  •hulky (adjective)
  • hulky.
  •ill at ease (adjective)
  • fidgety,
  • out of place.
  •improper (adjective)
  • unwarranted,
  • unfitting,
  • unbefitting,
  • Unapt.
  •inelegant (adjective)
  • earthy,
  • brutish,
  • gross,
  • tasteless,
  • barbarous,
  • vulgar,
  • undignified,
  • raw,
  • tawdry,
  • uncivil.
  •inopportune (adjective)
  • delinquent,
  • inauspicious,
  • belated,
  • premature,
  • unpunctual.
  •irritable (adjective)
  • crabby.
  •self-conscious (adjective)
  • self-conscious.
  •unskillful (adjective)
  • unpracticed,
  • Skill-less.

• n.

  •
  • bad,
  • adverse,
  • contentious,
  • fraught,
  • ability,
  • troublesome,
  • problematic,
  • disruptive,
  • invidious,
  • lumpish.
  •
  • complicated,
  • arduous,
  • punishing,
  • tough,
  • challenging,
  • demanding,
  • taxing.
  •
  • good,
  • unfortunate.
  •
  • feelings.
  •awkward (noun)
  • hard,
  • laboured.
  •inconvenient (noun)
  • ponderous.
  •uncomfortable (noun)
  • ashamed.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • humiliating,
  • bumbling,
  • convulsive,
  • intolerable,
  • ignominious,
  • straitened,
  • stilted,
  • shameful,
  • accident-prone,
  • butterfingers,
  • ignoble,
  • onerous,
  • robotic,
  • unseasonable,
  • jerky,
  • klutzy,
  • unseemly,
  • insupportable.
  •
  • Fiendish,
  • impossible,
  • ungovernable,
  • neat,
  • intractable,
  • insoluble.
  •
  • unrelenting,
  • chronic,
  • tricky,
  • painful,
  • inaccessible,
  • hypersensitive.
  •
  • guilty,
  • unhappy.
  •
  • delicate.
  •
  • gray.
  •awkward
  • flat-footed.
  •clumsy
  • lubberly,
  • lumbering,
  • elephantine.
  •uncouth
  • unsophisticated.

Paraphrases for Awkward:

• 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.