| Main Entry: | butterfingers |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a clumsy person |
Synonyms: |
bull in a china shop, bungler, clod, clumsy oaf, clunker, dolt, duffer, foozle, fumbler, klutz, lummox, muffer, schlep |
| Main Entry: | awkward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, inelegant |
Synonyms: |
all thumbs, amateurish, artless, blundering, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingers, coarse, floundering, gawky, graceless, green*, having two left feet, having two left hands, incompetent, inept, inexpert, klutzy, lumbering, maladroit, oafish, rude, stiff, stumbling, uncoordinated, uncouth, unfit, ungainly, ungraceful, unhandy, unpolished, unrefined, unskilled, unskillful |
Antonyms: |
adroit, artful, dexterous, elegant, graceful, handy, skillful |
| Main Entry: | bungler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who blunders |
Synonyms: |
addlebrain, blockhead, blunderer, bonehead, botcher, bumbler, butcher, butterfingers, clod, clumsy oaf, dolt, donkey, duffer, dunce, featherbrain, fool, foul-up, fumbler, goof off, goofball, harebrain, idiot, ignoramus, incompetent, klutz, mismanager, muddler, muffer, numskull, screw up, spoiler |
Antonyms: |
success |
| Main Entry: | incapable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not adequate; helpless |
Synonyms: |
butterfingers, disqualified, feeble, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, ineffective, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, inproficient, insufficient, losing, naive, not equal to, not up to, poor, powerless, unable, uncool, unequipped, unfit, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, unsuited, weak |
Antonyms: |
capable, competent, qualified, strong |
| Main Entry: | inept |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, unskilled; incompetent |
Synonyms: |
all thumbs, artless, awkward, bumbling, bungling, butterfingers, gauche, halting, inadept, incapable, incompetent, inefficient, inexpert, loser, maladroit, unapt, undexterous, unfacile, ungraceful, unhandy, unproficient, unskillful, wooden |
Antonyms: |
able, adroit, competent, dexterous, fit, skilled, skillful |
| Main Entry: | klutz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clumsy person |
Synonyms: |
bungler, butterfingers, dolt, dullard, lummox, oaf |
| Main Entry: | klutzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | awkward |
Synonyms: |
all thumbs, amateurish, artless, blundering, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingers, clumsy, coarse, floundering, gawky, graceless, green*, having two left feet, having two left hands, incompetent, inept, inexpert, lumbering, lumpish, maladroit, oafish, rude, stiff, stumbling, uncoordinated, uncouth, unfit, ungainly, ungraceful, unhandy, unpolished, unrefined, unskilled, unskillful |
| Concept: | Bungler. |
| Category: | 2. Complex voluntary action |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
bungler; blunderer, blunderhead; marplot, fumbler, lubber, duffer, stick; bad hand, poor hand, poor shot; butterfingers., no conjurer, flat, muff, slow coach, looby, lubber, swab; clod, yokel, awkward squad, blanc-bec; galoot., land lubber; fresh water sailor, fair weather sailor; horse marine; fish out of water, ass in lion's skin, jackdaw in peacock's feathers; quack (deceiver); lord of misrule., sloven, slattern, trapes.
-phrases
il n'a pas invente' la oudre; he will never set the Thames on fire; acierta errando; aliquis in omnibus nullus in singulis.
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Antonyms: |
proficient |
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