Antonyms for cumbersome


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuhm-ber-suhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌm bər səm


Definition of cumbersome

Origin :
  • late 14c., from cumber (v.) + -some (1). Meaning "unwieldy, hard to carry" is from 1590s. Related: Cumbersomely; cumbersomeness.
  • adj clumsy, awkward
Example sentences :
  • "I shall be travelling faster than your cumbersome safari," he objected.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Now the aloe, you know, is of a cumbersome height for a supper ornament.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • She pushed the cumbersome baby-carriage with no apparent effort.
  • Extract from : « The Yates Pride » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • Norman found that while cumbersome their oxygen supply was unfailing.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • Dancing seized the cumbersome chest and dragged it out of danger.
  • Extract from : « The Mountain Divide » by Frank H. Spearman
  • The first cumbersome brute was helpless before its destroyer.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • It was a heavy and cumbersome machine, and the ferry-boy was not a good punter.
  • Extract from : « Novel Notes » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • The cumbersome beads are said to be worn by night as well as by day.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • It was late in the afternoon when the cumbersome column was ready to move.
  • Extract from : « A Lieutenant at Eighteen » by Oliver Optic
  • I could hardly transport pots and trees so far; they were too cumbersome.
  • Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell

Synonyms for cumbersome

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