What is another word for awkward?
845 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ˈɔːkwəd], [ ˈɔːkwəd], [ ˈɔː_k_w_ə_d]Table of Contents
Similar words for awkward:- affected (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- angular (adjective)
- bulky (adjective)
- clumsy, inelegant (adjective)
- crabby (adjective)
- crabby/crabbed (adjective)
- cramped (adjective)
- crotchety (adjective)
- crude (adjective)
- difficult to handle (adjective)
- disobliging (adjective)
- embarrassing (adjective)
- fractious (adjective)
- gangling (adjective)
- gauche (adjective)
- gawky (adjective)
- graceless (adjective)
- halting (adjective)
- heavy (adjective)
- heavy-laden (adjective)
- heavyweight (adjective)
- hefty (adjective)
- hulky (adjective)
- ill (at ease) (adjective)
- ill-chosen (adjective)
- ill-timed (adjective)
- ill at ease (adjective)
- improper (adjective)
- inapt (adjective)
- incommodious (adjective)
- incompetent (adjective)
- inconvenient (adjective)
- inelegant (adjective)
- inept (adjective)
- inexpert (adjective)
- infelicitous (adjective)
- inopportune (adjective)
- intractable (adjective)
- intractable /intransigent (adjective)
- irritable (adjective)
- la-di-da (adjective)
- labored (adjective)
- left-handed (adjective)
- outlandish (adjective)
- rustic (adjective)
- self-conscious (adjective)
- sloppy (adjective)
- sticky (adjective)
- strained (adjective)
- strange (adjective)
- tactless (adjective)
- thorny (adjective)
- ticklish (adjective)
- unapt (adjective)
- unbecoming (adjective)
- unbefitting (adjective)
- uncomfortable (adjective)
- uncouth (adjective)
- unfit (adjective)
- ungraceful (adjective)
- unmanageable (adjective)
- unpolitic (adjective)
- unskilled (adjective)
- unskillful (adjective)
- untactful (adjective)
- untimely (adjective)
- untoward (adjective)
- wrong (adjective)
- awkward (noun)
- inconvenient (noun)
- obstinate (noun)
- uncomfortable (noun)
- other synonyms
- awkward
- clumsy
- formal
- objectionable
- uncouth
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.
- lean.
- 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.
- unpolished,
- having two left feet,
- unskilled,
- green,
- stumbling,
- unrefined,
- Blundering,
- uncoordinated,
- oafish,
- having two left hands,
- Floundering,
- artless,
- amateurish.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- clunkiest,
- un-mannered,
- in decorous,
- un mannered,
- un fortunate,
- un-fortunate,
- clunkier,
- in-decorous.
- 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.
- more l,
- most l,
- L,
- heavyladen,
- heavy laden.
- ill.
- 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.
- at odds,
- unfitting,
- out-of-season,
- out-of-place,
- unwarranted,
- inapposite,
- off-base,
- unbefitting,
- Unapt.
- 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.
- 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.
- in convenient,
- dis advantageous,
- pre judicial,
- re-mote,
- dis-advantageous,
- in-convenient,
- pre-judicial.
- in tractable,
- most bull-headed,
- in-tractable,
- pig headed,
- more bull-headed,
- most bull headed,
- bull headed,
- more bull headed.
- 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.
- lefthanded,
- left handed,
- most southpaw,
- southpaw,
- most sinistral,
- more southpaw,
- Ambilevous,
- most ambilevous,
- more ambilevous,
- sinistral,
- more sinistral.
- more clodhopping,
- un-educated,
- most clodhopping,
- un-mannerly,
- un mannerly,
- un sophisticated,
- uneducated,
- un educated.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- un bridled,
- un manageable,
- un controllable,
- un-controlled,
- un-restrained,
- un-controllable,
- un-manageable,
- dis obedient,
- un controlled,
- out control,
- dis-obedient,
- un-bridled.
- 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.
- anachronistic,
- a bit previous,
- too late,
- overearly,
- early on,
- Oversoon,
- too early,
- bright and early,
- out of date.
n.
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- bad,
- adverse,
- contentious,
- fraught,
- ability,
- troublesome,
- problematic,
- disruptive,
- invidious,
- lumpish.
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- good,
- unfortunate.
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- feelings.
Other synonyms:
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- 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.
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- impossible,
- ungovernable,
- insoluble,
- Fiendish,
- neat,
- testing,
- dreaded,
- intractable.
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- delicate.
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- gray.
Paraphrases for Awkward:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
difficult, inconvenient, clumsy.
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Adjective
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Independent
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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.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
uncomfortable, troublesome, delicate, cumbersome, tricky, unpleasant, disagreeable, sensitive, thorny, intractable, bothersome, strange, thankless, painful.
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Noun, singular or mass
embarrassment.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Awkward:
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adj.
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all
graceful.
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clumsy, inelegant
clever, artful, convenient, easy, adroit, straightforward, skillful, dexterous, elegant, handy.
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embarrassing
painless, pleasant, delightful.
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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.
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all
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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.