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Nimble synonyms

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agile
Mentally quick or alert:
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  1. Mentally quick or alert:
  2. Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble.
  3. Quick and easy of movement; deft and active
quick
Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy:
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  1. Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy:
  2. Done or occurring immediately:
  3. Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen:
spry
Lively, active, and brisk; vigorous.
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  1. Lively, active, and brisk; vigorous.
  2. Full of life; active, nimble, brisk, etc., esp. though elderly
deft
Skillful in a quick, sure, and easy way; dexterous
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  1. Skillful in a quick, sure, and easy way; dexterous
  2. Quick and skillful; adroit.
quick-witted
Mentally keen, alert, sharp, agile, and nimble.
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  1. Mentally keen, alert, sharp, agile, and nimble.
  2. Alternative spelling of quick-witted.
  3. Mentally alert and sharp; keen.
bright
Comparatively high on the scale of brightness:
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  1. Comparatively high on the scale of brightness:
  2. Full of promise and hope; auspicious:
  3. Happy; cheerful:
clever
Exhibiting ingenuity or imagination; creative or artful:
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  1. Exhibiting ingenuity or imagination; creative or artful:
  2. Handsome, convenient, nice, etc.
  3. Mentally quick and original; bright:
agile
Mentally quick or alert:
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  1. Mentally quick or alert:
  2. Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble.
  3. Quick and easy of movement; deft and active
brisk
Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
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  1. Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
  2. Stimulating or invigorating.
  3. Quick in manner or movement; energetic
facile
Not hard to do or achieve; easy
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  1. Not hard to do or achieve; easy
  2. Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy:
  3. Acting, working, or done easily, or in a quick, smooth way; fluent; ready
quick
Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy:
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  1. Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy:
  2. Done or occurring immediately:
  3. Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen:
spry
Lively, active, and brisk; vigorous.
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  1. Lively, active, and brisk; vigorous.
  2. Full of life; active, nimble, brisk, etc., esp. though elderly
adroit
Dexterous, deft or skillful
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  1. Dexterous, deft or skillful
  2. Skillful in a physical or mental way; clever; expert
  3. Quick and skillful in body or mind; deft.
clever
Exhibiting ingenuity or imagination; creative or artful:
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  1. Exhibiting ingenuity or imagination; creative or artful:
  2. Quick in thinking or learning; intelligent, ingenious, quick-witted, witty, facile, etc.
  3. Handsome, convenient, nice, etc.
deft
Quick and skillful; adroit.
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  1. Quick and skillful; adroit.
  2. Skillful in a quick, sure, and easy way; dexterous
dexterous
Having or showing mental skill
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  1. Having or showing mental skill
  2. Done with dexterity:
  3. Having or showing skill in the use of the hands or body
facile
Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy:
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  1. Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy:
  2. Arrived at or presented without due care, effort, or examination; superficial:
  3. Acting, working, or done easily, or in a quick, smooth way; fluent; ready
handy
Capable of making simple repairs to a house, an automobile, electrical appliances, etc.
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  1. Capable of making simple repairs to a house, an automobile, electrical appliances, etc.
  2. Readily accessible or convenient in location:
  3. Easily or effectively used; convenient or useful:
slick
(Slang) Excellent, fine, enjoyable, attractive, etc.
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  1. (Slang) Excellent, fine, enjoyable, attractive, etc.
  2. Accomplished; adept; clever; ingenious
  3. (Informal) Having or showing skill in composition or technique but little depth or literary significance
Find another word for nimble. In this page you can discover 26 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for nimble, like: agile, quick, spry, deft, quick-witted, bright, clever, agile, graceful, intelligent and judicious.

Sentence Examples

  • The youth was smaller and nimble, accustomed to navigating the forest.

  • He was amazingly good, his fingers plucking the strings with quick nimble strokes.

  • One of these, a nimble little man, was wearing a blue coat tied round the waist with a rope.

  • The Eskimo engraved poorly, the Dene (Tinneh) embroidered in quill, the North Pacific tribes carved skilfully in horn, slate and cedar, the California tribes had nimble fingers for basketry, the Sioux gloried in feathers and painted parfleche.

  • As we age, we tend not be as nimble in our thinking as when we were younger-we know too much and can see all the potential problems.

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