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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

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

Antonyms of dexterity

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

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