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light-footed

adjective
variants: also light-foot

Synonyms and Antonyms of light-footed

moving easily
  • The light-footed cat crept silently through the house.
Synonyms of light-footed

agile, feline, graceful, light, lightsome, lissome (also lissom), lithe, lithesome, nimble, spry
Words Related to light-footed

acrobatic, flexible, limber, loose-jointed, pliable, pliant, supple

adroit, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), light-fingered

fleet-footed, sure-footed

athletic, balletic, coordinated
Near Antonyms of light-footed

uncoordinated

inflexible, rigid, stiff

bungling, inept, maladroit
Antonyms of light-footed

awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, klutzy, lumbering, ungainly, ungraceful

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