Awkward Synonyms

Blundering , a bastard, annoying, compromising, all fingers and thumbs, and all thumbs are synonyms for awkward; easy, straightforward, and convenient are antonyms of awkward. On this page, you will find 101 another word for awkward.

101 Another Word for Awkward

1. difficult

  • A bastard
  • A devil
  • Cumbersome
  • Cumbrous
  • Difficult
  • Fiddly
  • Inappropriate
  • Inconvenient
  • Inopportune
  • Lumbersome
  • Tricky
  • Unfortunate
  • Unhandy
  • Unwieldy
  • Unseasonable

2. unreasonable

  • Annoying
  • Balky
  • Bloody-minded
  • Bolshie
  • Contrary
  • Contumacious
  • Cussed
  • Difficult
  • Disobliging
  • Exasperating
  • Froward
  • Obstinate
  • Obstructive
  • Perverse
  • Pesky
  • Refractory
  • Renitent
  • Stubborn
  • Thrawn
  • Tiresome
  • Trying
  • Unaccommodating
  • Uncooperative
  • Unhelpful
  • Unreasonable
  • Pervicacious

3. embarrassing

  • Compromising
  • Cringe-making
  • Cringeworthy
  • Delicate
  • Dicey
  • Dodgy
  • Edgy
  • Embarrassed
  • Embarrassing
  • Gnarly
  • Hairy
  • Humiliating
  • Ill at ease
  • Nervous
  • Perplexing
  • Problematic
  • Problematical
  • Self-conscious
  • Sensitive
  • Sticky
  • Strained
  • Tense
  • Thorny
  • Ticklish
  • Tricky
  • Troublesome
  • Uncomfortable
  • Uneasy
  • Unpleasant
  • Unrelaxed
  • Vexatious
  • Unquiet

4. clumsy

  • All fingers and thumbs
  • All thumbs
  • Blundering
  • Cack-handed
  • Cloddish
  • Clodhopping
  • Clumsy
  • Coltish
  • Gangling
  • Gauche
  • Gawky
  • Graceless
  • Ham-fisted
  • Ham-handed
  • Inelegant
  • Inept
  • Lumbering
  • Maladroit
  • Stiff
  • Uncoordinated
  • Ungainly
  • Ungraceful
  • Unhandy
  • Unskilful
  • With two left feet
  • Wooden
  • Lubberly

Awkward Sentences

The conversation became increasingly awkward quickly.

She felt awkward in social situations.

His silence created an awkward atmosphere.

They exchanged awkward glances during introductions.