Nearby Words
gawky
[gaw-kee] 
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gawky
[gaw-kee]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bumbling, clownish, gauche, loutish, lumbering, lumpish, lumpy, maladroit, oafish, rude, rustic, splay, uncouth, ungainly |
| Antonyms: | athletic, graceful, lithe |
| Main Entry: | clumsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not agile; awkward |
| Synonyms: | all thumbs, blundering, blunderous, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, clownish, crude, elephantine, gauche, gawkish, gawky, graceless, ham-handed, heavy, heavy-handed, helpless, hulking, ill-shaped, incompetent, inelegant, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, maladroit, oafish, ponderous, splay, stumbling, unable, unadept, uncoordinated, uncouth, undexterous, uneasy, ungainly, unhandy, unskillful, untactful, untalented, untoward, unwieldy, weedy |
| Antonyms: | adroit, agile, athletic, clever, coordinated, couth, dexterous, expert, graceful |
| Main Entry: | gangling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rangy |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bony, gawky, lanky, leggy, long-legged, long-limbed, lumbering, skinny, spindly, tall, thin |
| Main Entry: | graceless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, unsophisticated |
| Synonyms: | awkward, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, clunky, coarse, corrupt, crude*, forced, gauche, gawky, ill-mannered, improper, indecorous, inelegant, inept, infelicitous, klutzy, loutish, oafish, outlandish, rough, rude, shameless, tasteless, two left feet, uncouth, uncultured, unfortunate, ungainly, unhappy, unmannered |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, charming, dexterous, elegant, graceful, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lumbering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, awkward |
| Synonyms: | blundering, bovine, bumbling, clodhopping, clunking, elephantine, gauche, gawky, halting, heavy, heavy-footed, hulking, inept, klutzy, lead-footed, lumpish, maladroit, overgrown, ponderous, splay, two left feet, ungainly, unhandy, unwieldy, wooden |
| Antonyms: | agile, gliding, lithe |
| Main Entry: | oafish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, stupid |
| Synonyms: | all thumbs, blundering, blunderous, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, dumb, gawkish, gawky, graceless, half-witted, heavy-handed, idiotic, ignorant, inelegant, inept, klutzy, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, moronic, simple, simpleminded, slow, stumbling, uncoordinated, undexterous, ungainly, unintelligent |
| Main Entry: | uncoordinated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | awkward, clumsy |
| Synonyms: | all thumbs, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, gawkish, gawky, graceless, heavy-handed, klutzy, like a bull in a china shop, lumbering, not agile, stumbling, unadept, ungainly, ungraceful, unhandy, unskillful |
| Main Entry: | uncouth |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, uncultivated |
| Synonyms: | awkward, barbaric, boorish, cheap, clownish, coarse, crass, crude, discourteous, disgracious, gawky, graceless, gross, heavy-handed, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, inelegant, loud, loud-mouthed, loutish, oafish, raunchy, raw, rough, rude, rustic, strange, tacky*, uncalled-for, uncivil, uncivilized, ungainly, ungenteel, ungentlemanly, unpolished, unrefined, unseemly, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | agile, couth, cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wooden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stiff, inflexible |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bumbling, clumsy, gauche, gawky, graceless, heavy, heavy-handed, inelegant, inept, maladroit, obstinate, ponderous, rigid, stilted, unbending, ungainly, ungraceful, unhandy, unyielding, weighty |
| Antonyms: | bending, flexible, pliable |
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