All knowhow antonyms
know-how
K k noun knowhow
- clumsiness β awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- inability β lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
- incompetence β the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
- ignorance β the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- lack β something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
- ineptitude β quality or condition of being inept.
- ineptness β without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.
- stupidity β the state, quality, or fact of being stupid.
- impotence β the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- awkwardness β lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- want β to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- weakness β the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- incapacity β lack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability.
- limitation β a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- inadequacy β Also, inadequateness [in-ad-i-kwit-nis] /ΙͺnΛΓ¦d Ιͺ kwΙͺt nΙͺs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
- inanity β lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness.
- paralysis β Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- avocation β Your avocation is a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living.
- science β a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
- candor β Candor is the quality of speaking honestly and openly about things.
- frankness β plainness of speech; candor; openness.
- honesty β the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- reality β the state or quality of being real.
- sincerity β freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
- truthfulness β telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- simplicity β the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
- honor β honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- ingenuousness β free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
- innocence β the quality or state of being innocent; freedom from sin or moral wrong.
- openness β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- artless β Someone who is artless is simple and honest, and does not think of deceiving other people.
- clever β Someone who is clever is intelligent and able to understand things easily or plan things well.
- submission β an act or instance of submitting.
- contradiction β If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand.
- reversal β an act or instance of reversing.
- revocation β the act of revoking; annulment.
- subordination β the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
- freedom β the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
- release β to lease again.
adj knowhow
- ignorant β lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- heedless β careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
- inattentive β not attentive; negligent.
- unaware β not aware or conscious; unconscious: to be unaware of any change.
- unfriendly β not amicable; not friendly or kindly in disposition; unsympathetic; aloof: an unfriendly coldness of manner.
- uninformed β having or prepared with information or knowledge; apprised: an informed audience that asked intelligent questions.
- neglectful β characterized by neglect; disregardful; careless; negligent (often followed by of): neglectful of one's health.
- unconscious β not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition.
- unknowledgeable β possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- unfamiliar β not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
- insensitive β deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous: an insensitive person.