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dexterity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of dexterity

1 mental skill or quickness

  • the ambassador showed great dexterity in his handling of the touchy situation
Synonyms of dexterity

adroitness, cleverness, finesse, sleight
Words Related to dexterity

ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, faculty, knack, prowess, talent

competence, competency, efficiency, expertise, know-how, proficiency

ingeniousness, ingenuity, resourcefulness

savvy, sharpness, shrewdness

artfulness, artifice, caginess (also cageyness), canniness, craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deviousness, foxiness, guile, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, wiliness
Near Antonyms of dexterity

inadequacy, incompetence, incompetency, ineptitude, ineptness

brainlessness, denseness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, fatuity, foolishness, mindlessness, obtuseness, senselessness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, witlessness

2 ease and grace in physical activity

  • the juggler needed lots of dexterity in order to keep all five balls in the air at the same time
Synonyms of dexterity

agility, deftness, nimbleness, sleight, spryness
Words Related to dexterity

coordination

flexibility, gracefulness, limberness, litheness, loose-jointedness, suppleness

handiness, sure-handedness

sure-footedness

adeptness, adroitness, finesse, prowess
Near Antonyms of dexterity

disability, inability, incapability, incapacity

debilitation, disablement, impairment, incapacitation

unhandiness
Antonyms of dexterity

awkwardness, clumsiness, gaucheness, gawkiness, gawkishness, gracelessness, ham-handedness, heavy-handedness, klutziness, ungainliness

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