Synonyms for Inept:

• adj.

  •accident-prone (adjective)
  • two left feet,
  • all thumbs.
  •amateurish (adjective)
  • un-trained,
  • in-expert,
  • in sipid,
  • in expert,
  • bushleague,
  • in-sipid,
  • un trained,
  • insipid.
  •awkward (adjective)
  • unhandiest,
  • un-coordinated,
  • un gainly,
  • most blundering,
  • un gainliest,
  • more stumbling,
  • more blundering,
  • more butterfingers,
  • un-gainly,
  • stumbling,
  • green,
  • unhandier,
  • un handiest,
  • un-couth,
  • un-handiest,
  • un-gainlier,
  • un-handy,
  • most butterfingers,
  • un-gainliest,
  • un couth,
  • un handy,
  • un-polished,
  • un handier,
  • un-graceful,
  • un-refined,
  • un gainlier,
  • most stumbling,
  • un polished,
  • un refined,
  • un graceful,
  • un coordinated,
  • more floundering,
  • un-handier,
  • most floundering.
  •clumsy (adjective)
  • in elegant,
  • uneasy,
  • more untalented,
  • splayer,
  • most ham handed,
  • in-elegant,
  • un-wieldier,
  • more lubberly,
  • more blunderous,
  • most untalented,
  • more undexterous,
  • most butterfingered,
  • un easier,
  • un adept,
  • un-talented,
  • ill shaped,
  • un talented,
  • un-easiest,
  • most ill shaped,
  • more unadept,
  • ham-handed,
  • illshaped,
  • splayest,
  • most ham-handed,
  • more ham-handed,
  • un wieldy,
  • un wieldiest,
  • un dexterous,
  • un-adept,
  • un-dexterous,
  • most unadept,
  • un easy,
  • most blunderous,
  • most ill-shaped,
  • more gawkish,
  • un easiest,
  • most undexterous,
  • un-wieldiest,
  • hamhanded,
  • most lubberly,
  • most illshaped,
  • un-easy,
  • most clownish,
  • more ill shaped,
  • un-wieldy,
  • more hamhanded,
  • most gawkish,
  • more clownish,
  • ponderous,
  • more ill-shaped,
  • more illshaped,
  • un wieldier,
  • more butterfingered,
  • most hamhanded,
  • more ham handed,
  • ham handed,
  • un-easier.
  •clumsy, unskilled; incompetent (adjective)
  • artless,
  • inefficient,
  • butterfingers,
  • loser.
  •flimsy (adjective)
  • un-reasonable,
  • in-adequate,
  • lamest,
  • most unpersuasive,
  • trans parent,
  • trans-parent,
  • in credible,
  • more unpersuasive,
  • more controvertible,
  • un-persuasive,
  • un satisfactory,
  • un-grounded,
  • trifling,
  • most ungrounded,
  • un reasonable,
  • un persuasive,
  • in-conceivable,
  • in-credible,
  • trivial,
  • un substantial,
  • un-substantial,
  • illogical,
  • un believable,
  • un-believable,
  • un grounded,
  • in adequate,
  • in conceivable,
  • un-satisfactory,
  • more ungrounded,
  • most controvertible.
  •gauche (adjective)
  • un-cultured,
  • more illbred,
  • in-sensitive,
  • un happiest,
  • illbred,
  • most illbred,
  • ill mannered,
  • illmannered,
  • ill bred,
  • more ill-bred,
  • most ill-bred,
  • un-happy,
  • most ill bred,
  • un happier,
  • more ill bred,
  • in sensitive,
  • un cultured,
  • ill-bred,
  • un happy.
  •graceless (adjective)
  • un mannered,
  • un fortunate,
  • in-decorous,
  • in decorous,
  • clunkiest,
  • un-fortunate,
  • un-mannered,
  • clunkier.
  •halting (adjective)
  • most stammering,
  • in-decisive,
  • most stuttering,
  • more limping,
  • more claudicant,
  • more stammering,
  • most limping,
  • Vacillatory,
  • most faltering,
  • more faltering,
  • in decisive,
  • most claudicant,
  • more stuttering.
  •heavy-handed (adjective)
  • heavyhanded,
  • heavy handed.
  •ill-chosen (adjective)
  • jinxed,
  • unprosperous,
  • in a bad way,
  • out of luck.
  •ill-considered (adjective)
  • illconsidered,
  • ill-considered,
  • ill considered.
  •ill-timed (adjective)
  • un-timeliest,
  • un timeliest,
  • un-welcome,
  • un-timelier,
  • in-opportune,
  • un timelier,
  • un-favorable,
  • un-suitable,
  • mis-timed,
  • un welcome,
  • in-convenient,
  • unsuitable,
  • un seasonable,
  • unwelcome,
  • inconvenient,
  • un timely,
  • in opportune,
  • in convenient,
  • ill-timed,
  • mis timed,
  • un favorable,
  • un-seasonable,
  • more mistimed,
  • un-timely,
  • most mistimed,
  • un suitable,
  • illtimed.
  •impotent (adjective)
  • sterile,
  • forceless,
  • enervated,
  • Infecund,
  • in firm,
  • impotent.
  •inadmissible (adjective)
  • un-suited,
  • un-wanted,
  • un qualified,
  • in admissible,
  • in-admissible,
  • un acceptable,
  • most unallowable,
  • un-qualified,
  • un allowable,
  • un-desirable,
  • un-acceptable,
  • irrelevant,
  • un desirable,
  • illfavored,
  • objectionable,
  • more unallowable,
  • un-allowable,
  • un suited,
  • un wanted,
  • ill favored.
  •inappropriate (adjective)
  • wrong number,
  • way off,
  • unfitting,
  • ill-fitted,
  • out of line,
  • wrong-number,
  • left-field,
  • inapropos,
  • Inconsonant,
  • left field,
  • leftfield,
  • Unmeet,
  • out of place,
  • foot-in-mouth.
  •inapt (adjective)
  • un proficient,
  • most ill-adapted,
  • most inadept,
  • most ill adapted,
  • more ill-adapted,
  • most illadapted,
  • in-adept,
  • most unfacile,
  • un-facile,
  • in-aptest,
  • more inadept,
  • more unfacile,
  • in apposite,
  • un facile,
  • more unproficient,
  • in-apter,
  • in apter,
  • illadapted,
  • more ill adapted,
  • most inapposite,
  • in-apposite,
  • ill adapted,
  • more inapposite,
  • un-proficient,
  • in aptest,
  • most unproficient,
  • in adept,
  • more illadapted.
  •incapable (adjective)
  • un equipped,
  • in proficient,
  • most unequipped,
  • un-cool,
  • most inproficient,
  • most disqualified,
  • dis qualified,
  • un cool,
  • most uncool,
  • more disqualified,
  • more inproficient,
  • in-capable,
  • more uncool,
  • in sufficient,
  • not to,
  • dis-qualified,
  • un-equipped,
  • more unequipped,
  • insufficient,
  • in-eligible,
  • in-sufficient,
  • in eligible,
  • in-proficient,
  • in capable,
  • losing.
  •incompetent (adjective)
  • un-fitted,
  • most amateur,
  • un-initiated,
  • un adapted,
  • most unadapted,
  • more unadapted,
  • in-competent,
  • more amateur,
  • un fitted,
  • most unfitted,
  • un initiated,
  • un-adapted,
  • in competent,
  • more unfitted,
  • out lunch.
  •ineffective (adjective)
  • slack-spined,
  • more emasculate,
  • slackspined,
  • more slackspined,
  • more slack spined,
  • most emasculate,
  • slack spined,
  • in effective,
  • most slackspined,
  • more slack-spined,
  • in-effective,
  • most slack-spined,
  • most slack spined.
  •ineffective/ineffectual (adjective)
  • un-availing,
  • in nocuous,
  • anti-climactic,
  • more defeasible,
  • more ineffective,
  • more invertebrate,
  • in effectual,
  • in-operative,
  • in-effectual,
  • un successful,
  • most neutralized,
  • un profitable,
  • null and void,
  • more anticlimactic,
  • most invertebrate,
  • most defeasible,
  • in operative,
  • in vertebrate,
  • anti climactic,
  • null void,
  • un-successful,
  • invertebrate,
  • more neutralized,
  • un availing,
  • most anticlimactic,
  • de feasible,
  • de-feasible,
  • un-profitable,
  • in-nocuous,
  • in-vertebrate.
  •inefficacious (adjective)
  • in-efficacious,
  • in efficacious.
  •inefficient (adjective)
  • un prepared,
  • dis organized,
  • un-prepared,
  • halfbaked,
  • dis-organized,
  • improficient,
  • most improficient,
  • slovenly,
  • more improficient,
  • half baked,
  • cant hack it,
  • in-efficient,
  • in efficient.
  •inexpedient (adjective)
  • inexpedient,
  • undesirable,
  • delinquent,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • untimely,
  • disadvantageous.
  •inexperienced (adjective)
  • un-worldly,
  • in-nocent,
  • un acquainted,
  • most unfledged,
  • most unconversant,
  • un-trieder,
  • un worldlier,
  • un-disciplined,
  • un-schooled,
  • un triedest,
  • most rookie,
  • most tenderfoot,
  • most prentice,
  • un-triedest,
  • un disciplined,
  • un trieder,
  • un accustomed,
  • in-experienced,
  • more rookie,
  • un-fledged,
  • un sophisticated,
  • un-versed,
  • untried,
  • more unfledged,
  • un tried,
  • un-conversant,
  • un-acquainted,
  • kiddest,
  • un fledged,
  • un-used,
  • more tenderfoot,
  • more prentice,
  • un seasoned,
  • un versed,
  • un-tried,
  • un conversant,
  • un-worldlier,
  • more unconversant,
  • Sophomoric,
  • in nocent,
  • un worldliest,
  • un worldly,
  • in experienced,
  • un schooled,
  • un-worldliest,
  • un-accustomed,
  • un-seasoned.
  •infelicitous (adjective)
  • in felicitous,
  • in-felicitous.
  •inutile (adjective)
  • in-utile,
  • in utile.
  •labored (adjective)
  • over done,
  • un-natural,
  • effortful,
  • up hill,
  • up-hill,
  • Operose.
  •lumbering (adjective)
  • heavy-footed,
  • lead-footed,
  • Clodhopping.
  •not suitable; improper (adjective)
  • pointless,
  • ridiculous,
  • absurd,
  • unseasonable,
  • not adapted,
  • meaningless.
  •oafish (adjective)
  • halfwitted.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • uninitiate,
  • unadept,
  • unfitted,
  • ill-chosen,
  • not have it,
  • can't make the grade,
  • having two left hands,
  • can't hack it,
  • at odds,
  • in poor taste,
  • Unpolitic,
  • lubberly,
  • bungling,
  • Unconversant,
  • labored,
  • inproficient,
  • undignified,
  • undiplomatic,
  • unskillful,
  • unwise,
  • Controvertible,
  • not up to,
  • unadapted,
  • anticlimactic,
  • flimsy,
  • shooting blanks,
  • prentice,
  • splay,
  • inefficacious,
  • heavy-handed,
  • can't cut it,
  • clownish,
  • wet behind ears,
  • unequipped,
  • Butter-fingered,
  • Out of keeping,
  • uncool,
  • infelicitous,
  • gawkish,
  • halting,
  • maladroit,
  • ill-adapted,
  • unbecoming,
  • lumbering,
  • over-wrought,
  • inapt,
  • undexterous,
  • Unhandy,
  • Unhandsome,
  • not able,
  • Unconsiderate,
  • useless,
  • sidelined,
  • unpersuasive,
  • not equal to,
  • inadept,
  • unseemly,
  • unallowable,
  • inadmissible,
  • no go,
  • having two left feet,
  • tactless,
  • thoughtless,
  • no good,
  • off-base,
  • blunderous,
  • badly timed,
  • spring chicken,
  • unfit,
  • untalented,
  • klutzy,
  • unable,
  • unfacile,
  • butterfingered,
  • inappropriate,
  • ill-equipped,
  • out-of-place,
  • graceless,
  • Claudicant,
  • inapposite,
  • not cut out for,
  • wooden,
  • defeasible,
  • unfledged,
  • unproficient,
  • inexperienced,
  • clumsy,
  • not effective,
  • ill-shaped,
  • incompetent,
  • undue,
  • weak,
  • ungrounded,
  • ill timed,
  • Kidder,
  • awkward,
  • mistimed,
  • gauche,
  • unworkmanlike,
  • clunky,
  • untactful,
  • unfamiliar with,
  • no way,
  • amateurish.
  •tactless (adjective)
  • un-subtler,
  • un subtlest,
  • most unconsiderate,
  • in-discreet,
  • most misunderstanding,
  • in-delicate,
  • in delicate,
  • in discreet,
  • un sympathetic,
  • dis-courteous,
  • dis courteous,
  • un-subtle,
  • un feeling,
  • un perceptive,
  • un-kind,
  • un subtle,
  • un-kinder,
  • in-judicious,
  • un subtler,
  • more misunderstanding,
  • un kind,
  • un-kindest,
  • un considerate,
  • un-civil,
  • un-perceptive,
  • more unconsiderate,
  • mis-understanding,
  • un kinder,
  • un kindest,
  • un civil,
  • un-subtlest,
  • in judicious,
  • un-considerate,
  • mis understanding.
  •thoughtless (adjective)
  • unreflective,
  • Irreflective,
  • unheeding,
  • emptyheaded,
  • lamebrained,
  • undiscerning.
  •unable (adjective)
  • un-abler,
  • un-ablest,
  • most hogtied,
  • more hog tied,
  • more hog-tied,
  • more sidelined,
  • more impuissant,
  • un ablest,
  • most hog tied,
  • un abler,
  • no can do,
  • can't make grade,
  • most hog-tied,
  • cant make grade,
  • cant cut it,
  • more hogtied,
  • out commission,
  • most impuissant,
  • most sidelined,
  • cant make the grade.
  •unapt (adjective)
  • un aptest,
  • more off base,
  • offbase,
  • un-apter,
  • most out-of-place,
  • most out of season,
  • in expedient,
  • un apter,
  • most out-of-season,
  • more out-of-season,
  • most off base,
  • more offbase,
  • most off-base,
  • more off-base,
  • out-of-season,
  • in harmonious,
  • un-aptest,
  • most out of place,
  • out of season,
  • more out of place,
  • more out-of-place,
  • in-harmonious,
  • more out of season,
  • in-expedient,
  • in accurate.
  •unbecoming (adjective)
  • un-worthier,
  • un becoming,
  • un-godliest,
  • un sightlier,
  • un godlier,
  • un-comely,
  • in-decent,
  • un worthy,
  • un fairest,
  • un-sightly,
  • un lovely,
  • un-godly,
  • un-worthiest,
  • un fair,
  • un-fairest,
  • unhandsomest,
  • un-flattering,
  • un sightliest,
  • un-handsomest,
  • un godly,
  • un-loveliest,
  • un-lovely,
  • un-fairer,
  • un flattering,
  • un-attractive,
  • un-fair,
  • un worthier,
  • dis creditable,
  • un-handsome,
  • un-becoming,
  • un fairer,
  • dis-creditable,
  • un handsome,
  • un handsomest,
  • un-lovelier,
  • un loveliest,
  • un worthiest,
  • un-sightlier,
  • un lovelier,
  • un-sightliest,
  • in decent,
  • un sightly,
  • un handsomer,
  • unhandsomer,
  • un-godlier,
  • un attractive,
  • un-handsomer,
  • un comely,
  • un godliest.
  •unbefitting (adjective)
  • un-befitting,
  • un befitting.
  •undue (adjective)
  • undeserved,
  • unwarrantable,
  • unmeasurable,
  • too great.
  •unfit (adjective)
  • un fit,
  • more ill equipped,
  • un-fit,
  • most butter-fingered,
  • more ill-equipped,
  • more butter fingered,
  • ill equipped,
  • illequipped,
  • most ill equipped,
  • more illequipped,
  • most ill-equipped,
  • most illequipped,
  • butter fingered,
  • more butter-fingered,
  • most butter fingered.
  •unpolitic (adjective)
  • un-politic,
  • un politic.
  •unpracticed (adjective)
  • un practiced,
  • unpracticed,
  • un-practiced.
  •unseemly (adjective)
  • un-seemliest,
  • most undignified,
  • un-seemly,
  • un seemliest,
  • out keeping,
  • more undignified,
  • dis-reputable,
  • more ruffian,
  • un seemly,
  • un dignified,
  • un-dignified,
  • un-seemlier,
  • dis reputable,
  • most ruffian,
  • un seemlier.
  •unskilled (adjective)
  • un skilled,
  • un-developed,
  • un-educated,
  • un educated,
  • un-skilled.
  •unskillful (adjective)
  • crude,
  • Skill-less,
  • unpolished,
  • Unartful.
  •untactful (adjective)
  • un-tactful,
  • un tactful.
  •unusable (adjective)
  • un-usable,
  • un usable.
  •unworkmanlike (adjective)
  • un-workmanlike,
  • un workmanlike.
  •useless (adjective)
  • non-functional,
  • counterproductive,
  • unfunctional,
  • unusuable,
  • of no use,
  • profitless,
  • Unpurposed,
  • scrapper,
  • counter-productive,
  • nonfunctional.
  •weak (adjective)
  • weakest.
  •wooden (adjective)
  • un bending,
  • un-bending,
  • un yielding,
  • un-yielding.

• n.

  •
  • helpless,
  • no-good,
  • amateur,
  • poor,
  • someone couldn't do something if they tried,
  • awful.
  •
  • agree,
  • usual,
  • incongruous,
  • Unapt.
  •
  • ability,
  • unfortunate,
  • good,
  • unhappy.
  •
  • inexpert,
  • incapable.
  •cumbersome (noun)
  • cumbersome.
  •feckless (noun)
  • feckless.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • irrational.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ill-prepared,
  • ineffective,
  • bumbling,
  • unbefitting,
  • ungraceful,
  • unemployable,
  • ineffectual.
  •
  • improper,
  • malapropos,
  • lumpish,
  • rusty,
  • ragged,
  • hopeless,
  • unskilled,
  • impractical,
  • artistic.
  •
  • unequal.
  •
  • badly.
  •
  • bad.
  •incompetent
  • inadequate.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • featherheaded,
  • Undextrous,
  • headless,
  • fond,
  • half-witted,
  • dispensable,
  • meek,
  • uncomely,
  • brusque,
  • timorous,
  • fuddled,
  • inoperative,
  • witless,
  • ham-fisted,
  • foolheaded,
  • Floundering,
  • foolish,
  • moronic,
  • callow,
  • nonsensical,
  • fumbling,
  • bovine,
  • crippled,
  • disqualified,
  • oafish,
  • incapable of,
  • fool,
  • sentimental,
  • unskilful,
  • unenviable,
  • Fumbled,
  • mindless,
  • futile,
  • chicken,
  • loutish,
  • blunt,
  • sticky,
  • powerless,
  • loony,
  • dumb,
  • screwball,
  • unproductive,
  • uncouth,
  • infatuated,
  • reasonless,
  • out of time,
  • Blundering,
  • dippy,
  • out of proportion,
  • impertinent,
  • gruff,
  • injudicious,
  • ill-matched,
  • retiring,
  • coarse,
  • boorish,
  • handless,
  • dizzy,
  • ill-advised,
  • uncivilized,
  • laboured,
  • out of character,
  • insensitive,
  • pusillanimous,
  • maudlin,
  • bunglesome,
  • namby-pamby,
  • impolitic,
  • half-baked,
  • crackpot,
  • preposterous,
  • Lean-witted,
  • untrained,
  • unsuited,
  • tomfool,
  • inattentive,
  • indiscreet,
  • Gulled,
  • worthless,
  • ungainly,
  • inconsiderate,
  • misplaced,
  • Ungifted,
  • brainless,
  • discourteous,
  • primitive,
  • Impuissant,
  • insane,
  • mediocre,
  • use,
  • silly,
  • disabled,
  • unladylike,
  • Inservient,
  • impolite,
  • bluff,
  • dull,
  • immature,
  • ill-suited,
  • daft,
  • unadvised,
  • gaga,
  • uncivil,
  • wishy-washy,
  • unqualified,
  • wasted,
  • idiotic,
  • beguiled,
  • uninitiated,
  • inadvised,
  • superfluous,
  • unintelligent,
  • unpractised,
  • of no avail,
  • unthinking,
  • unsophisticated,
  • inutile,
  • Befooled,
  • Chuckleheaded,
  • gawky,
  • batty,
  • mismated,
  • insensate,
  • flaky,
  • senseless,
  • unwieldy,
  • deficient,
  • fatuous,
  • mad,
  • crazy,
  • sappy,
  • ill-sorted,
  • goofy,
  • unadvisable,
  • accident-prone,
  • wrong,
  • pedestrian,
  • talentless,
  • abortive,
  • unassertive,
  • jerky,
  • inane,
  • simpleminded,
  • unprofessional,
  • Ox-like,
  • armless,
  • ignorant,
  • cack-handed,
  • ungentlemanly,
  • zany,
  • amiss,
  • Fatuitous,
  • spineless,
  • out of joint,
  • rough,
  • stupid,
  • uncoordinated,
  • failure,
  • half-assed,
  • Daffy,
  • lunkheaded,
  • asinine,
  • imprudent,
  • indecorous,
  • yellow,
  • Chicken-hearted,
  • lily-livered,
  • rude,
  • besotted,
  • doting,
  • inopportune,
  • dazed,
  • buffoonish,
  • unreasoning,
  • bootless,
  • imbecile,
  • anomalous,
  • mismatched,
  • cowardly,
  • disrespectful,
  • abrupt,
  • screwy,
  • unusable,
  • wacky,
  • unavailing,
  • untoward,
  • timid,
  • wet,
  • cloddish,
  • maladjusted,
  • apish,
  • inapplicable,
  • irresolute,
  • cumbrous,
  • unendowed,
  • inferior,
  • left-handed,
  • misguided,
  • incorrect,
  • pinheaded,
  • inadvisable,
  • credulous,
  • bubbleheaded,
  • craven,
  • not bright,
  • dotty,
  • ineligible,
  • unintellectual,
  • kooky,
  • inelegant,
  • uncongenial,
  • redundant,
  • nutty,
  • ill-judged,
  • cockeyed,
  • unprofitable,
  • stale,
  • embarrassing,
  • Weak-minded.

Paraphrases for Inept:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    incompetent.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    inappropriate, ineffective, unsuitable, unable, awkward, misguided.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    inefficient, incapable, ineffectual, inadequate, unfit, clumsy.

Antonyms for Inept:

• adj.

  • clumsy, unskilled; incompetent
    skillful, adroit, suitable, dexterous, capable, efficient, skilled, able, proper, competent, acceptable, fit, expert.
  • not suitable; improper
    sensible, reasonable.
  • Other antonyms:
    seasonable, relevant, consonant, kosher, brainy, seemly, decent, passable, well-advised, relative, compatible, fortunate, blameless, satisfactory, approved, pointed, commendable, congenial, seasoned, protean, exemplary, apposite, prudent, judicious, diplomatic, all-around, genteel, creditable, sapient, licensed, irreproachable, overqualified, companionate, professional, congruous, adequate, valid, apropos, material, sanctioned, decorous, germane, balanced, bright, sage, effortless, fine, correct, sound, smooth, tactful, respectable, easy, intelligent, talented, supported, harmonious, polished, gracious, ready, authorized, trained, prepared, facile, sane, logical, endorsed, versatile, pat, sagacious, smart, opportune, permitted, tolerable, timely, rational, wise, encouraged.