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klutz

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of klutz

a clumsy, awkward person

  • how can she be such a klutz after studying ballet for so many years?
Synonyms of klutz

butterfingers, dub, looby, lubber, lummox, spaz [slang]
Words Related to klutz

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

bungler, duffer, fumbler, stumblebum, stumbler

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