gawky

Questions about gawky

What does gawky mean?

gawky means "lacking grace in movement or posture".

How many syllables are in gawky?

gawky has 2 syllables: gaw-ky. The stress falls on "gaw". In IPA it is /ˈɡɔki/.

What is another word for gawky?

Close synonyms include clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gawky a common word?

gawky is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.