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lummox

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lummox

a clumsy, awkward person

  • that player is a lummox in the outfield, with three errors just this week
Synonyms of lummox

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

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

bungler, duffer, fumbler, stumblebum, stumbler

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