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Synonyms & Antonyms of left-handed
(Entry 1 of 2)
- I'd rather have no help at all than have his left-handed "assistance"
Synonyms for left-handed
- awkward,
- butterfingered,
- cack-handed
- [British],
- clumsy,
- graceless,
- ham-fisted,
- ham-handed,
- handless,
- heavy-handed,
- maladroit,
- unhandy
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Phrases Synonymous with left-handed
Near Antonyms for left-handed
Antonyms for left-handed
- deft,
- dexterous
- (also dextrous),
- handy,
- sure-handed
- failed to realize that he had received a left-handed compliment
Synonyms for left-handed
- artificial,
- backhanded,
- counterfeit,
- double,
- double-dealing,
- double-faced,
- fake,
- feigned,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- Janus-faced,
- jive
- [slang],
- lip,
- mealy,
- mealymouthed,
- Pecksniffian,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- phony-baloney
- (or phoney-baloney),
- pretended,
- two-faced,
- unctuous
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Antonyms for left-handed
left-handed
adverbSynonyms & Antonyms of left-handed (Entry 2 of 2)
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for left-handed
- anticlockwise
- [chiefly British],
- counterclockwise,
- left-handedly,
- retrograde,
- reversely,
- widdershins
- (also withershins)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for left-handed
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The first known use of left-handed was in the 15th century
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