The Meaning of awkward

• (a.) Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.
• (a.) Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
• (a.) Perverse; adverse; untoward.

Synonyms

bunglesome , clumsy , ungainly , clumsy , cumbersome , inapt , inept , ill-chosen , embarrassing , sticky , unenviable , ill at ease , uneasy

Antonyms

graceful

Rhymes

unheard , curd , ladybird , cluttered , raynard reynard , rockered , plundered , gjerde , glittered , everard , encumbered , stamford , lanford , winward , body-centered , well-measured , shorebird , frontward , catty-cornered , clamored , manward , half-timbered , bedford , coward , thaggard , ikerd , bimotored , bufford , lettered , mentored , well-heard , fired , injured , rose-colored , rudyard , drunkard , shattered spattered , rust-colored , collared , parti-colored , uninjured , centered , shumard , bowerbird , bewildered , coloured , featured , coffee-colored , showered soured , custard , transpired , well-centered , hovered , wynyard , bedward , spickard , recaptured , seaward , sternward , hot-tempered , unself-centered , crossword , chambered , billiard , manford sanford , gerrymandered , ungird , whichard , uncultured , upward , byford , gas-fired , lustered , jailbird , scampered , buttered , flattered , boward , brainard , underfired , deferred demurred , eldred , miniard , jiggered , fathered , tired , figured , jack-spaniard , inspired , haggard , cultured , conard , undeterred , buford , lustred , simard , answered , wandered , white-livered , goatsbeard , slaughtered , well-ordered , coastward , milk-livered , treasured , sunbird , desired , reoffered , duford , kennard , motored , hammered , unhindered , leisured , donnered , snickered , akard , unsugared , deterred , headword , southward , transferred uncured , blackard , dorward , butcherbird , flickered , kingsford , unencumbered , wavered , towered , half-covered , dickard , shuttered , high-powered , interred , wickard , hazzard , danford , factored , captured , humored , dove-colored , acred , downward , shepperd , sweet-tempered , chicken-livered , landward , herd hird , recurred , ill-mannered , entered , sherard , empowered , festered , lacquered , embittered , snakebird , buzzard , watchword , liford , undiscovered , leftward , unwithered , richard , packard , maynard , lily-livered , earthward , brokered , textured , powered , well-mannered , crawford , swearword , cityward , enamored , unuttered , yardbird , measured , conjured , edward , hollered , afterward , lollard , vanward , dufford , twiford , ill-natured , cream-colored , severed , pollard , discolored , r-colored , anchored , purred , pinard , awkward , blackbeard , incurred , spurred , required , standard , unstructured , thirty-third , forward , broward , fifty-third , dillard , gathered , simmered , armored , astred , catbird , mustered , reckard , southwestward , coffered , gaillard , whitebeard , doctored , szilard , collard , longbeard , ransford , splattered , overpowered , glost-fired , buzzword , stradford , untutored , wondered , well-tailored , lyford sifford , hansard , bordered , unexpired , cowherd , friarbird , onward , east-northeastward , peppard , swickard , neutered , high-colored , kingbird , whirlybird , ruford , seaford , pattered , admired , ovenbird , ikard , hufford , medford , remembered , bothered , grizzard , pillard , guttered , vennard , quick-tempered , rikard sicard , favoured , tailorbird , misremembered , uncoloured , norward , well-wired , pritchard , dickered , north-northwestward , well-armoured , soward , disordered , offered , pillared , unlettered , gizzard , byword , brainerd , potsherd , round-shouldered , mockingbird , antlered , hayward , occured , undelivered , mousebird , configured , misword , considered , dickeybird , northward , chauffeured , snowbird , half-colored , richerd , tortured , tow-colored , pickford , lanyard , slankard , varicolored , outward , biscuit-fired , mattered , slurred , suffered , haphazard , quartered , stuard , cater-cornered , indentured , blanford , thundered , transfered , tedford , unregistered , gerd , acquired , swineherd , laggen-gird , layered , blizzard , lansford , disfigured , concurred , heavenward , papered , referred , reynard , angered , lenard , rediscovered , furred , reedbird , haverford , bickford , fettered , well-sugared , hundred(4) , maggard , cranford , trenchard , vineyard , uncured , shoreward , eastward , chartered , sheltered , elmsford , sheperd shepherd , sputtered uttered , ill-favored , membered , corn-colored , fibered , discovered , prichard , branford , slandered , wayward , abelard , hartford , engird , restructured , pandered , pampered , petard , heckard , bayard , sequestered , east-southeastward , surfbird , leafbird , ice-scoured , cupboard , unhonoured , unaltered , leopard , staggered , redford , lingard , tapered , unfathered , well-hammered , flesh-colored , alward , glowered , gestured , twenty-third , dollarbird , skewered , spired , lawford , begird , endeavored , well-labored , sired , word , labored , checkered , flowered , wired , conspired , inquired , starboard , cornered , ahungered , gooseherd , outnumbered , pondered , manufactured , evered , bartered , izzard , flame-colored , unremembered , unlaboured , pittard , hard-favored , uncluttered , hindward , mustard , substandard , blurred , lowered , unnumbered , man-tailored , square-shouldered , unmannered , stanford , cowbird , unfettered , ivory-towered , arbored , brassard , mainard , hummingbird , nonstandard , sigurd , unmeasured , seventy-third , nerd , hansford , multicolored , ashford , lenhard , rearward , uninspired , villard , guilford , churchward , leard , zippered , honored , fluttered , weathered , lectured , vinyard , unfiltered , sideward , oilbird , occurred prefered , brevard , rufford , firebird , filtered , songbird , gifford , dismembered , bettered , west-northwestward , villard willard , pestered , blizard , hillard , bewhiskered , uncensored , spaniard , gifferd , hired , telford , mirrored , seward , homeward , good-tempered , windward , kurd , misheard , inferred , bailard , ventured , pictured , baynard , buffered , scattered , even-tempered , bransford