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| Main Entry: | nimble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dexterous, smart |
| Synonyms: | active, adept, adroit, agile, alert, bright, brisk, clever, deft, handy, light, lissome, lithe, lively, proficient, prompt, quick, quick-witted, ready, skillful, sprightly, spry, swift, vigilant, wide-awake |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, lumbering, slow, undexterous, unhandy |
| Main Entry: | adroit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very able or skilled |
| Synonyms: | adept, apt, artful, clean, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, cunning, cute, deft, dexterous, expert, foxy*, good, handy, ingenious, masterful, neat*, nifty*, nimble, on the ball*, proficient, quick-witted, savvy, sharp, skillful, slick, smart, up*, whiz*, wizard, hot tamale, on the beam, quick on the trigger, quick on the uptake, up to speed |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, dense, inept, stupid, unskilled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clever |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, ingenious |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead*, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobody's fool, pretty, pro, qualified, quick, quick on trigger, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty |
| Antonyms: | awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dapper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-groomed, neat |
| Synonyms: | brisk, chic, chichi, classy, clean, dainty, dashing, jaunty, natty, nice, nifty, nimble, posh, prim, rakish, ritzy, sassy, sharp, showy, smart, snazzy*, snug, spiffy, spruce, spry, stylish, swanky, swell, trim, bandbox, doggy, dressed to kill, dressed to nines, nobby, spiff, swank, turned out, well turned out |
| Antonyms: | dirty, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tousled, wrinkled, dishevelled, ruffled, rumpled, ungroomed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agile, clever |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, adroit, apt, crack, cute, dexterous, expert, fleet, handy, ingenious, neat, nimble, proficient, prompt, quick, ready, skilled, skillful, having good hands, having know-how |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, inept, unskillful, unhandy |
| Main Entry: | dexterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ingenious, proficient |
| Synonyms: | able, active, acute, adept, adroit, agile, apt, artful, canny, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, deft, effortless, expert, facile, handy, masterly, neat, nimble, prompt, quick, savvy, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smooth, having the know-how, nimble-fingered |
| Notes: | though dexterous (skillful with the hands) is preferably spelled with two e's, ambidextrous has only one |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, inept, inexpert, unable, unskilled, unhandy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expeditious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immediate, speedy |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, breakneck, brisk, diligent, effective, effectual, efficient, fast, fleet, hasty, instant, nimble, prompt, punctual, quick, rapid, ready, swift |
| Antonyms: | retarded, slow, pokey |
| Main Entry: | fleet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick in movement |
| Synonyms: | agile, breakneck*, brisk, expeditious, fast, flying, hasty, lively, mercurial, meteoric, nimble, on the double*, rapid, speedy, swift, winged, barreling, expeditive, in nothing flat, like greased lightning, nimble-footed, screaming, speedball |
| Antonyms: | clumsy, slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | graceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agile, charming, lovely |
| Synonyms: | adroit, aesthetic, artistic, beautiful, becoming, comely, curvaceous, dainty, decorative, delicate, dexterous, easy, elastic, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, flowing, handsome, harmonious, limber, lissome, lithe, natural, neat, nimble, pleasing, pliant, practiced, pretty, refined, rhythmic, seemly, shapely, skilled, slender, smooth, springy, statuesque, supple, symmetrical, tasteful, trim, willowy, balletic, controlled, poised |
| Antonyms: | awkward, careless, graceless, inept, uncouth, ungraceful, unhandy |
| Main Entry: | limber |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flexible |
| Synonyms: | agile, deft, elastic, graceful, lissome, lithe, loose, nimble, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, springy, spry, supple, lithesome |
| Antonyms: | rigid, stiff, straight, unbending |
| Main Entry: | lithe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flexible, graceful and slender |
| Synonyms: | agile, lean, limber, lissome, loose, nimble, pliable, pliant, slight, slim, spare, supple, thin, lightsome |
| Antonyms: | awkward, fat, stiff, thick |
| Main Entry: | lively |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, active, busy |
| Synonyms: | agile, alert, animate, animated, astir, blithe, bright, brisk, buoyant, cheerful, chipper*, complex, dashing, driving, effervescent, enjoyable, enterprising, entertaining, festive, frisky, frolicsome, gay, happy, industrious, involved, jocund, jumping, keen, merry, nimble, peppy*, perky, pert, provocative, quick, refreshing, rousing, snappy, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, spry, stimulating, stirring, vigorous, vivacious, zippy*, blithesome, bouncy, bustling, buzzing, chirpy, full of pep, go-go, hyper |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, dispirited, inactive, lethargic, lifeless, sleepy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rapid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very quick |
| Synonyms: | accelerated, active, agile, breakneck, brisk, double time, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurried, lively, mercurial, nimble, on the double*, precipitate, prompt, ready, speedy, spry, swift, winged, expeditive, fleet of foot, in nothing flat, light-footed, like a house on fire, quick as a wink, quickened, really rolling, screaming |
| Antonyms: | languishing, leisurely, slack, slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | speedy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fast, quick |
| Synonyms: | accelerated, agile, breakneck, brisk, expeditious, express, fleet, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, lissome, lively, nimble, precipitate, prompt, rapid, ready, snappy, summary, swift, winged, alacritous, harefooted, quick-fire, rapid-fire, supersonic, ultrasonic |
| Antonyms: | delayed, tardy, halted, slowed |
| Main Entry: | sprightly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fun, vivacious |
| Synonyms: | active, agile, airy, alert, animate, animated, blithe, breezy, bright, brisk, cheerful, cheery, chipper, clever, dapper, dashing, energetic, frolicsome, gay, good, jaunty, jolly, joyous, jumping, keen, light, lively, nimble, peppy, perky, playful, quick, quick-witted, saucy, scintillating, smart, snappy, spirited, sportive, spry, swinging, zippy*, bouncy, chirpy, fairylike, grooving, hyper, keen-witted, zappy, zingy |
| Antonyms: | dull, inactive, lazy, lethargic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active, vivacious |
| Synonyms: | agile, alert, brisk, energetic, fleet, healthy, lithe, nimble, prompt, quick, ready, robust, sound, spirited, sprightly, supple, vigorous, full of pep, in full swing, on the go, quick on the draw, rocking |
| Antonyms: | inactive, lethargic, old, unaware, unenergetic |
| Main Entry: | swift |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very fast |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, breakneck, expeditious, express, fleet, flying, hasty, headlong, hurried, nimble, on the double*, precipitate, prompt, pronto, quick, rapid, ready, short, short-lived, snappy*, spanking*, speedy, sudden, unexpected, winged, alacritous, barrelling, cracking, double-quick, fleet-footed, in nothing flat, like crazy, like mad, screaming, shaking a leg, speedball, supersonic |
| Antonyms: | delayed, slow, sluggish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | willowy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | graceful, slender |
| Synonyms: | adroit, agile, dainty, delicate, elastic, elegant, flowing, limber, lithe, nimble, pliant, shapely, skinny, springy, svelte, thin, trim, lithesome |
| Main Entry: | sharp-witted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally keen |
| Synonyms: | acute, alert, astute, bright, clever, intelligent, keen, nimble, on the ball, perceptive, quick, quick-witted, savvy, sharp, shrewd, smart, quick-thinking |
| Main Entry: | brisk |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fast-moving; active |
| Synonyms: | adroit, agile, alert, animated, busy, energetic, lively, nimble, quick, speedy, sprightly, spry, vigorous, vivacious, zippy, bustling |
| Antonyms: | inactive, slow, sluggish, unenergetic |
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