unwieldy
5 synonyms and 1 antonym for unwieldy, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Having little physical strength.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Antonyms
wieldy
Etymology
Comes from Middle English unweldy, made up of un- and wieldy. Cognate with Old Frisian unweldich, unweldech (“having no power, involuntary”), Middle Dutch onweldich (“having no control or mastery over”), and Middle Low German unweldich (“unwieldy”). Compare also Old High German unwaltīg (“powerless”), from which came M...
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