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Synonyms for heavy handed
adj strict

coercive
cruel

harsh
oppressive

severe

Antonyms for heavy handed

kind

gentle

mild

Synonyms
adj awkward

clumsy
inept

graceless
unskillful

bumbling

Antonyms

adroit

dexterous

Synonyms
adj not agile; awkward

bulky
ungainly
unwieldy
inept
ponderous
heavy-handed
bungling
crude
elephantine
gauche
gawky
graceless

heavy
helpless
hulking
incompetent
inelegant
inexperienced
inexpert
lumbering
lumpish
maladroit
oafish
unable

uncoordinated
uncouth
uneasy
unskillful
untoward
bumbling
untactful
weedy
all thumbs
blundering
blunderous
butterfingered

clownish
gawkish
ham-handed
ill-shaped
lubberly
splay
stumbling
unadept
undexterous
unhandy
untalented

Antonyms

adroit
agile
clever

dexterous
expert
graceful

athletic
coordinated
couth

Synonyms
adj harsh

oppressive
strict
cruel

severe
heavy-handed
drastic

brutal
exorbitant
extreme

rough
very severe

Antonyms

calm
gentle
mild

temperate
amenable
easy-going

easy

Synonyms
adj tactless, unsophisticated

awkward
clumsy
crude
graceless
green
halting

heavy-handed
ignorant
ill-mannered
inelegant
inept
insensitive

lacking
maladroit
oafish
uncouth
uncultured
unhappy

unpolished
wooden
bumbling
ham-handed
ill-bred

Antonyms

elegant
graceful
mannerly

tactful
tasteful
polished

refined
sophisticated

Synonyms
adj awkward, clumsy

bungling
gauche
halting
heavy-handed
inept

inexpert
lumbering
ungraceful
unskillful
bumbling

klutzy
all thumbs
blundering
clunky
floundering

stumbling
two left feet
unhandy

Antonyms

capable
skillful
diplomatic

tactful
able
nice

sensitive

Synonyms
adj clumsy, stupid

bungling
dumb
gawky
graceless
half-witted
heavy-handed
idiotic
ignorant

inelegant
inept
lumbering
lumpish
moronic
simple
simpleminded
slow

uncoordinated
ungainly
unintelligent
bumbling
klutzy
all thumbs
blundering
blunderous

butterfingered
gawkish
lubberly
stumbling
undexterous

Synonyms
adj overwhelming, repressive

onerous
overbearing
dictatorial
unjust
inhuman
cruel
brutal
depressing
burdensome
heavy-handed

tyrannical
harsh
backbreaking
bleak
confining
demanding
despotic
discouraging
dismal
exacting

exigent
gloomy
grievous
grinding
headache
heavy
hefty
mean
severe
somber

taxing
tough
troublesome
weighty
dispiriting
depressive
disheartening
ironhanded
rough going
superincumbent

Antonyms

kind
easy
nice

gentle
calm
relieving

cool
mild
temperate

Synonyms
adj despotic, oppressive

repressive
overbearing
authoritarian
dictatorial
ruthless

totalitarian
cruel
brutal
domineering
autocratic

demanding
harsh
heavy-handed
mean
tough

unjust
ironhanded

Antonyms

kind
democratic
compassionate

considerate
nice
gentle

sympathetic

Synonyms
adj very bad; too much

insufferable
intolerable
unacceptable

oppressive
unendurable
enough

heavy-handed
inadmissible
last straw

insupportable
unsurpassable
a bit much

Antonyms

tolerable
acceptable

bearable
good

Synonyms
adj awkward, clumsy

heavy-handed
bungling
gawky
graceless
lumbering

ungainly
ungraceful
unskillful
bumbling
klutzy

all thumbs
butterfingered
gawkish
like a bull in a china shop
not agile

stumbling
unadept
unhandy

Synonyms
adj clumsy, uncultivated

awkward
barbaric
boorish
cheap
coarse
crass
crude
discourteous
gawky
graceless

gross
heavy-handed
ill-mannered
impertinent
impolite
inelegant
loud
loutish
oafish
raunchy

raw
rough
rude
rustic
strange
tacky
uncalled-for
uncivil
uncivilized
ungainly

ungentlemanly
unpolished
unrefined
unseemly
vulgar
clownish
disgracious
ill-bred
loud-mouthed
ungenteel

Antonyms

agile
cultivated

couth
polished

refined
sophisticated

Synonyms
adj not ready

ineligible
incapable
inadequate
impotent
unable
useless
unqualified
unprepared
debilitated
incapacitated
bungling

amateur
awkward
bush league
clumsy
feeble
heavy-handed
incompetent
ineffective
inefficient
inept
inexperienced

inexpert
maladjusted
maladroit
unskilled
unskillful
untrained
weak
unapt
unpracticed
ill-equipped
unfitted

blundering
disqualified
butter-fingered
no good
not cut out for
not equal to
not up to
unhandy
unproficient

Antonyms

capable
competent
adequate
appropriate

suitable
willing
qualified
strong

able
fit
ready

Synonyms
adj dull, unoriginal

ponderous
commonplace
corny
everyday
heavy-handed
humdrum

indifferent
old hat
ordinary
prosaic
stale
sterile

stock
unexciting
unimaginative
uninteresting
unmoved
yawn

bromidic
uncreative
uninventive
unimpressed
uninspiring
phoned in

Antonyms

creative

inspired

original

Synonyms
adj stiff, inflexible

awkward
clumsy
gauche
gawky
graceless
heavy

heavy-handed
inelegant
inept
maladroit
obstinate
ponderous

rigid
stilted
unbending
ungainly
ungraceful
unyielding

weighty
bumbling
unhandy

Antonyms

bending

pliable

flexible

Synonyms
adj unbearable

enough
heavy-handed
impossible
inadmissible

insufferable
intolerable
last straw
oppressive

unacceptable
unendurable
unsufferable
unsupportable

unsurpassable
a bit much

Synonyms
adj unbearable

intolerable
enough
heavy-handed
impossible

inadmissible
insufferable
insupportable
last straw

oppressive
unacceptable
unsufferable
unsupportable

unsurpassable
a bit much

Synonyms
adj unbearable

enough
heavy-handed
impossible
inadmissible

insufferable
insupportable
intolerable
last straw

oppressive
unacceptable
unendurable
unsupportable

unsurpassable
a bit much

Synonyms
adj unbearable

enough
heavy-handed
impossible
inadmissible

insufferable
insupportable
intolerable
last straw

oppressive
unacceptable
unendurable
unsufferable

unsurpassable
a bit much