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HAM-HANDED Synonyms

There are 14 synonyms of the word ham-handed. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word ham-handed. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for HAM-HANDED

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bungling
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing lack of skill or aptitude

• lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

awkward
adjectiveadj
adjective

• lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance

adjective satellite

• causing inconvenience

• difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

• not elegant or graceful in expression

• hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

• socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner

clumsy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking grace in movement or posture

• not elegant or graceful in expression

• difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

• showing lack of skill or aptitude

graceless
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking graciousness

• lacking grace; clumsy

• lacking social polish

inept
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not elegant or graceful in expression

• generally incompetent and ineffectual

• revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

ungainly
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking grace in movement or posture

• difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

unskillful
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• poorly done

unwieldy
adjectiveadj
adjective

• difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape

adjective satellite

• difficult to work or manipulate

• lacking grace in movement or posture

bumbling
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

butterfingered
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

ham-fisted
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

handless
adjectiveadj
adjective

• without a hand or hands

adjective satellite

• lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

heavy-handed
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

• unjustly domineering

left-handed
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• using or intended for the left hand

adjective satellite

• (of marriages) illicit or informal

• (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior

• rotating to the left

• ironically ambiguous

• lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

Alternatives for BUNGLING

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