dexterous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of DEXTEROUS

skillful with the hands <the dexterous watchmaker was able to repair the antique watch's delicate gears and parts>

Synonyms clever, cunning, deft, handy

Near Antonyms awkward, bungling, clumsy, fumbling, gauche, gawky, graceless, klutzy, rough-hewn, stiff, stilted, uncomfortable, uneasy, ungainly, ungraceful, wooden; uncoordinated; incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, maladroit

Antonyms butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, unhandy

accomplished with trained ability <dexterous handling of a potentially embarrassing situation>

Synonyms adroit, artful, bravura, deft, delicate, dexterous (also dextrous), expert, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), virtuoso, workmanlike

Related Words facile, smooth; artistic, creative, fancy, ingenious, neat; adept, clever, cunning; able, adequate, capable, competent

Near Antonyms awkward, clumsy, crude, klutzy; ineffective, ineffectual; incompetent, inept

Antonyms amateur, amateurish, artless, rude, unprofessional, unskillful

dexterous also dextrous

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