Synonyms of handless

handless

adjective

ˈhan(d)-ləs 

as in clumsy

lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands

she's far too handless to be good at needlework

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clumsy
• awkward
• all thumbs
• butterfingered
• unhandy
• left-handed
• cack-handed
• graceless
• maladroit
• ham-fisted
• ham-handed
• heavy-handed
• uncoordinated
• unskilled
• inexpert
• gauche
• unskillful
• bungling
• inept
• bunglesome

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• handy
• skilled
• dexterous
• deft
• expert
• skillful
• masterly
• sure-handed
• coordinated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of handless

Two brothers were arrested this week on murder charges in connection to a 1997 Michigan cold case in which a man's headless and handless body was found in a cornfield, authorities said. — Erin Pflaumer, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2023

Twenty-five years after authorities discovered a headless and handless man in a Michigan cornfield, arrests have been made in connection to the grisly murder. — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023

Join us on deck for games such as handless doughnut eating, deadeye bowling and cauldron tossing. — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2017