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dub

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of dub

a clumsy, awkward person

even though I wasn't the most graceful skater on the ice, I thought I did well for a dub

Synonyms of dub

butterfingers, klutz, looby, lubber, lummox, spaz [slang]

Words Related to dub

clodhopper, gawk, gawky, lout, lump, oaf, tawpie [chiefly Scottish], tyke (also tike) [chiefly British]

bungler, duffer, fumbler, stumblebum, stumbler

dub

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dub

1 to give a name to

Iʼve dubbed my car the "Lone Ranger," although "Loan Raider" probably would have been more apt

Synonyms of dub

baptize, call, christen, clepe [archaic], denominate, designate, entitle, label, name, nominate, style, term, title

Words Related to dub

brand, stigmatize, tag

denote, specify

miscall, misname, mistitle

code-name, nickname

rechristen, relabel, rename

2 to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

he dubbed his first attempt at homemade wine, but he got it reasonably right on the second

Synonyms of dub

blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, botch, bugger (up), bumble, bungle, butcher, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw up

Words Related to dub

blunder, gum (up), muddle, piffle

blemish, blight, damage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil, vitiate

mishandle, mismanage

Near Antonyms of dub

ameliorate, better, enhance, help, improve, meliorate, rectify, refine, reform, remedy

doctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp

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