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all thumbs
phraseSynonyms & Antonyms of all thumbs
lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands
- Some of the students in the pottery class were all thumbs, but they enjoyed themselves anyway.
Synonyms for all thumbs
- awkward,
- butterfingered,
- cack-handed
- [British],
- clumsy,
- graceless,
- ham-fisted,
- ham-handed,
- handless,
- heavy-handed,
- left-handed,
- maladroit,
- unhandy
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Antonyms for all thumbs
- deft,
- dexterous
- (also dextrous),
- handy,
- sure-handed
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“All thumbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all%20thumbs. Accessed 10 Apr. 2021.
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