Antonyms of adj cumbersome
2 senses of cumbersome
Sense 1
cumbersome, cumbrous -- (difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing")
INDIRECT (VIA unwieldy) -> wieldy -- (easy to handle or use or manage; "a large but wieldy book")
Sense 2
awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen -- (not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?")
INDIRECT (VIA infelicitous) -> felicitous -- (exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; "a felicitous speaker")
Similarity of adj cumbersome
2 senses of cumbersome
Sense 1
cumbersome, cumbrous -- (difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing")
=> unwieldy (vs. wieldy), unmanageable -- (difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel")
Sense 2
awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen -- (not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?")
=> infelicitous (vs. felicitous) -- (not appropriate in application; defective; "an infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy")