clumsy

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. awkward, lumbering; bungling, bumbling, left-handed; cumbersome, unwieldy. See unskillfulness, gravity, ugliness. Ant., adroit, facile.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. ungainly, inept, tactless, cumbersome; see awkward 1 .

See Synonym Study at awkward .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. klutzy oafish, inept, ungainly, bumbling, maladroit, awkward, gauche, graceless, fumbling, *all thumbs, *having two left feet, cloddish, butterfingered, blundering, lumbering, uncoordinated.

2. unwieldy awkward, cumbersome, bulky, unmanageable, ponderous.

ANT.: 1. coordinated, graceful, nimble, adroit. 2. handy

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement: awkward, gawky, graceless, inept, lumpish, maladroit, ungainly, ungraceful. Slang: klutzy. Idiom: all thumbs. See ABILITY. 2. Difficult to handle or manage: awkward, bulky, ungainly, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy. See EASY. 3. Clumsily lacking in the ability to do or perform: awkward, bumbling, gauche, heavy-handed, inept, maladroit, unskillful. See ABILITY. 4. Lacking sensitivity and skill in dealing with others: brash, gauche, impolitic, indelicate, maladroit, tactless, undiplomatic, unpolitic, untactful. See ABILITY, COURTESY.