light–footed

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of LIGHT-FOOTED

moving easily <the light-footed cat crept silently through the house>

Synonyms agile, featly, feline, gracile, light, light-footed (also light-foot), lightsome, lissome (also lissom), lithe, lithesome, nimble, spry

Related Words acrobatic, flexible, limber, loose-jointed, pliable, pliant, supple; adroit, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), light-fingered; fleet-footed, sure-footed; athletic, balletic, coordinated

Near Antonyms uncoordinated; inflexible, rigid, stiff; bungling, inept, maladroit

Antonyms awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, klutzy, lumbering, ungainly, ungraceful

light–footed also light–foot

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