Antonyms of noun awkwardness

1 of 5 senses of awkwardness

Sense 3
awkwardness, clumsiness -- (the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant)
       Antonym of gracefulness (Sense 1)
      => gracefulness -- (beautiful carriage)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun awkwardness

5 senses of awkwardness

Sense 1
awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness -- (unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training)
       => unskillfulness -- (a lack of cognitive skill)

Sense 2
awkwardness, nuisance value -- (the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal")
       => disadvantage -- (the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position)

Sense 3
awkwardness, clumsiness -- (the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant)
       => carriage, bearing, posture -- (characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture")

Sense 4
awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness -- (the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment))
       => inelegance -- (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)

Sense 5
awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness -- (trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano")
       => troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment -- (a difficulty that causes anxiety)

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