What is another word for clumsy?
577 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ klˈʌmzi], [ klˈʌmzi], [ k_l_ˈʌ_m_z_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for clumsy:- all (adjective)
- boorish (adjective)
- crude (adjective)
- gauche (adjective)
- halting (adjective)
- heavy-handed (adjective)
- hulking (adjective)
- inapt (adjective)
- incompetent (adjective)
- inelegant (adjective)
- klutzy (adjective)
- labored (adjective)
- left-handed (adjective)
- loutish (adjective)
- neglectful (adjective)
- not agile; awkward (adjective)
- outlandish (adjective)
- sloppy (adjective)
- tactless (adjective)
- unable (adjective)
- unbecoming (adjective)
- unfit (adjective)
- ungraceful (adjective)
- unpolitic (adjective)
- unskillful (adjective)
- untactful (adjective)
- vulgar (adjective)
- wooden (adjective)
- clumsy (noun)
- ungainly (noun)
- other synonyms
- awkward
- dog-day cicada
Synonyms for Clumsy:
adj.
•all (adjective) •boorish (adjective)- more out-of-line,
- most ill bred,
- most bad-mannered,
- most unpoised,
- more bad-mannered,
- badmannered,
- in urbane,
- un-refined,
- most lowbred,
- more cloddish,
- more out of line,
- Unpoised,
- un-cultured,
- un-poised,
- most inurbane,
- un couth,
- most illbred,
- more out-of-order,
- more bearish,
- most out of line,
- more clodhopping,
- more bad mannered,
- un-educated,
- most bad mannered,
- more inurbane,
- un poised,
- un refined,
- un-couth,
- un-polished,
- most swinish,
- most clownish,
- most cloddish,
- gruff,
- uneducated,
- Inurbane,
- more illbred,
- un educated,
- more ill bred,
- most out-of-order,
- un-civilized,
- un polished,
- more unpoised,
- illmannered,
- ill mannered,
- bad mannered,
- more clownish,
- in-urbane,
- most clodhopping,
- more ill-bred,
- more out of order,
- more swinish,
- un civilized,
- more lowbred,
- un cultured,
- un gracious,
- most ill-bred,
- most out of order,
- oafish,
- un-gracious,
- most bearish,
- most out-of-line,
- ill bred,
- more badmannered,
- most badmannered.
- un enlightened,
- in-elegant,
- grodiest,
- most loud-mouthed,
- in delicate,
- un-enlightened,
- in elegant,
- in decent,
- in-delicate,
- in-decent,
- most barnyard,
- in-sensible,
- loud mouthed,
- more loud-mouthed,
- most loud mouthed,
- indecent,
- more loud mouthed,
- grodier,
- in sensible,
- more barnyard.
- most claudicant,
- unhandiest,
- most stumbling,
- unhandier,
- un-handiest,
- most limping,
- un handiest,
- more limping,
- un-handier,
- more stammering,
- Vacillatory,
- more stuttering,
- more claudicant,
- in decisive,
- un handy,
- in-decisive,
- most stammering,
- un handier,
- un-handy,
- most stuttering,
- stumbling,
- more stumbling,
- most faltering,
- more faltering.
- more inadept,
- most inapposite,
- un-timely,
- in congruous,
- un-skilled,
- most ill adapted,
- more unproficient,
- un-facile,
- in-aptest,
- unmeetest,
- more ill adapted,
- in-apposite,
- un-proficient,
- most illfitted,
- more unfacile,
- more ill fitted,
- in-experienced,
- in-congruous,
- un-timeliest,
- un facile,
- in apposite,
- most illadapted,
- in-adept,
- un skilled,
- in-apter,
- most unfacile,
- most ill-fitted,
- most unproficient,
- un dexterous,
- un timely,
- in-felicitous,
- most ill fitted,
- illsuited,
- un proficient,
- un-timelier,
- more illadapted,
- un suited,
- more ill-fitted,
- un meetest,
- unmeeter,
- in aptest,
- most inadept,
- un-meet,
- un timelier,
- un-meeter,
- un suitable,
- in-appropriate,
- ill suited,
- in-expert,
- more illfitted,
- more ill-adapted,
- illadapted,
- un meeter,
- Unmeet,
- in felicitous,
- in apter,
- most undexterous,
- un-meetest,
- in expert,
- un meet,
- ill adapted,
- more inapposite,
- in-sipid,
- most ill-adapted,
- illfitted,
- in adept,
- in appropriate,
- un-dexterous,
- ill fitted,
- more undexterous,
- un-suited,
- in sipid,
- in experienced,
- un-suitable,
- un timeliest.
- more amateur,
- in competent,
- un equipped,
- most unequipped,
- un fitted,
- in-sufficient,
- most floundering,
- more unfitted,
- un-equipped,
- inefficient,
- in-eligible,
- un-initiated,
- more disqualified,
- more unadapted,
- un initiated,
- most unfitted,
- most unadapted,
- more floundering,
- in adequate,
- in-adequate,
- most amateur,
- out lunch,
- in efficient,
- in-effectual,
- dis qualified,
- in-efficient,
- in effectual,
- in-competent,
- un-trained,
- most disqualified,
- un qualified,
- un-fitted,
- dis-qualified,
- bushleague,
- more unequipped,
- un adapted,
- in eligible,
- un-adapted,
- un-qualified,
- in-capable,
- in capable,
- un trained.
- gross,
- unrefined,
- inelegant,
- graceless,
- coarse,
- barbarous,
- vulgar,
- earthy,
- uncivil,
- unpolished,
- rude,
- raw,
- undignified,
- brutish,
- tasteless,
- tawdry.
- in sincerer,
- southpaw,
- in sincere,
- in sincerest,
- more southpaw,
- in-sincerer,
- lefthanded,
- in-sincerest,
- most ambilevous,
- in-sincere,
- more sinistral,
- most southpaw,
- most sinistral,
- sinistral,
- Ambilevous,
- more ambilevous,
- left handed.
- negligent,
- inadvertent,
- thoughtless,
- haphazard,
- unheedful,
- forgetful,
- unmindful,
- careless,
- slovenly,
- reckless,
- shoddy,
- inconsiderate,
- Disregardful,
- senile,
- hit-and-miss,
- slipshod,
- perfunctory,
- derelict,
- inattentive,
- neglectful,
- remiss.
- uneasy,
- ponderous,
- lubberly,
- helpless,
- untoward,
- unadept,
- inexperienced,
- weedy,
- untalented,
- ill-shaped,
- elephantine,
- splay,
- gawkish,
- blunderous,
- Blundering.
- farout,
- unheard-of,
- un usual,
- more outre,
- most outre,
- un-usual,
- un conventional,
- unheardof,
- un-conventional.
- more botched,
- un-kempt,
- un tidiest,
- un-tidy,
- be draggled,
- in-attentive,
- un tidier,
- un-kemptest,
- un-tidiest,
- un tidy,
- more unthorough,
- un kemptest,
- un kempter,
- un kempt,
- un-tidier,
- most unthorough,
- un-kempter,
- be-draggled,
- most botched.
- un civil,
- more misunderstanding,
- un feeling,
- dis courteous,
- in judicious,
- un considerate,
- un subtle,
- un-perceptive,
- un-subtler,
- most misunderstanding,
- in-judicious,
- most blundering,
- mis understanding,
- in-discreet,
- un subtler,
- un subtlest,
- in discreet,
- un perceptive,
- un-kinder,
- un-kindest,
- un sympathetic,
- un-considerate,
- more unconsiderate,
- most unconsiderate,
- dis-courteous,
- un-kind,
- un kinder,
- un kindest,
- un-subtlest,
- mis-understanding,
- un kind,
- more blundering,
- un-subtle,
- un-civil.
- no can do,
- out commission,
- un-ablest,
- Impuissant,
- in-efficacious,
- cant make the grade,
- un abler,
- more hog tied,
- in efficacious,
- more hog-tied,
- in capacitated,
- most impuissant,
- more hogtied,
- more sidelined,
- most hogtied,
- un ablest,
- in-operative,
- most hog tied,
- not to,
- most sidelined,
- un-abler,
- more impuissant,
- cant make grade,
- cant hack it,
- most hog-tied,
- can't make grade,
- cant cut it,
- in operative,
- in-capacitated.
- un handsome,
- un fair,
- most unfitting,
- un becoming,
- un-becoming,
- un-godly,
- un-sightly,
- un handsomer,
- un-worthier,
- un-loveliest,
- un seemlier,
- un-godlier,
- un-fairest,
- un befitting,
- un sightliest,
- un-lovelier,
- un comely,
- in decorous,
- un-seasonable,
- un-fairer,
- unhandsomest,
- un-due,
- un fairer,
- un-lovely,
- un-handsomest,
- un-comely,
- un-duer,
- un-godliest,
- un handsomest,
- un flattering,
- un-fitting,
- un fitting,
- un-worthiest,
- un seemliest,
- un godlier,
- un lovely,
- dis-creditable,
- more unfitting,
- un duest,
- un-seemliest,
- un-sightlier,
- un lovelier,
- un godliest,
- un due,
- un-fair,
- un godly,
- un-handsome,
- un-attractive,
- un-handsomer,
- dis creditable,
- un-flattering,
- un loveliest,
- un-befitting,
- un fairest,
- un-seemlier,
- un-duest,
- un worthy,
- un worthiest,
- unhandsomer,
- un attractive,
- un-sightliest,
- in-decorous,
- un sightlier,
- un worthier,
- un sightly,
- un seasonable,
- un seemly.
- more illequipped,
- most butterfingered,
- butter fingered,
- most butter fingered,
- more butter fingered,
- un-aptest,
- more butter-fingered,
- un fit,
- un aptest,
- un prepared,
- in effective,
- un apter,
- unpracticed,
- most butter-fingered,
- more butterfingered,
- more ill equipped,
- illequipped,
- un-apter,
- un-prepared,
- un-fit,
- most ill equipped,
- most illequipped,
- more ill-equipped,
- un-practiced,
- un practiced,
- ill equipped,
- most ill-equipped,
- in-effective.
- degraded,
- glaring,
- in bad taste,
- repulsive,
- obscene,
- barbaric,
- indelicate,
- rough,
- depraved,
- common,
- coarse-grained,
- rank,
- crass,
- barnyard,
- low,
- ignominious,
- scandalous,
- revolting,
- offensive,
- ignoble,
- profane,
- garish,
- sordid,
- salty,
- homespun,
- unseemly,
- cheap,
- base,
- chintzy,
- cockney,
- sleazy,
- animal,
- colloquial,
- shameless,
- philistine,
- broad,
- idiomatic,
- brazen,
- gaudy.
n.
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- ability,
- impulsive,
- mindless,
- undiscriminating,
- irresponsible,
- ill-considered,
- shallow,
- foolish,
- unthinking,
- impetuous,
- hasty.
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- courtesy.
Other synonyms:
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- robotic,
- convulsive,
- jerky,
- doddering,
- jarring.
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- brash.
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- impolitic.
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- bulky.
Paraphrases for Clumsy:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
awkward.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
cumbersome, misguided, heavy-handed, inept, sloppy.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Clumsy:
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adj.
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not agile; awkward
agile, adroit, couth, athletic, clever, expert, coordinated, graceful, dexterous.
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Other antonyms:
functional, collected, faultless, capable, diplomatic, contradiction, effortless, meticulous, felicitous, serviceable, calm, practicable, practical, sophism, perfect, well-done, urbane, poised, sure-handed, easy, confident, finished, serene, secure, unperturbed, absurdity, able, gracious, undisturbed, self-confident, placid, tactful, self-assured, composed, professional, flawless, competent, precise, neat, paradox, assured, cool, useful, exact, wieldy, nonsense, refined, facile, tranquil, self-possessed, demonstration, perfected.
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not agile; awkward
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Other antonyms:
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manageable.
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n.