Another word for dexterous
a-z
Adjective
Exhibiting or possessing skill and ease in performance
See also:
© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Another word for dexterous
Synonym Study
- Handy suggests skill, usually without training, at a variety of small tasks a handy man around the house
- Deft suggests a nimbleness and sureness of touch a deft seamstress
- Adroit adds to this a connotation of cleverness and resourcefulness and is now generally used of mental facility an adroit evasion
- Dexterous implies an expertness, natural or acquired, demonstrated in the ability to do things with skill and precision a dexterous mechanic
© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.