Synonyms for left-handed
left-hand·ed

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1. left-handedadjective

   Synonyms:
   southpaw, sinistral

   Antonyms:
   right-handed

2. left-handedadjective

   Of or pertaining to one who uses his or her left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, his or her right.

   Synonyms:
   southpaw, sinistral

   Antonyms:
   right-handed

3. left-handedadjective

   Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.

   Synonyms:
   southpaw, sinistral

   Antonyms:
   right-handed

4. left-handedadjective

   Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.

   Synonyms:
   southpaw, sinistral

   Antonyms:
   right-handed

5. left-handedadjective

   Awkward or maladroit.

   Synonyms:
   sinistral, southpaw

   Antonyms:
   right-handed

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1. left-handedadjective

   using or intended for the left hand

   "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"

   Synonyms:
   bumbling, levorotatory, butterfingered, handless, heavy-handed, morganatic, levorotary, ham-handed, ham-fisted, bungling

   Antonyms:
   clockwise, dextral, unambiguous, right-handed, two-handed, legitimate, adroit, right-hand(a), illegitimate, equipoised, ambidextrous, right(a)

2. left-handedadjective

   (of marriages) illicit or informal

   "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"

   Synonyms:
   bumbling, levorotatory, butterfingered, handless, heavy-handed, morganatic, levorotary, ham-handed, ham-fisted, bungling

   Antonyms:
   ambidextrous, clockwise, unambiguous, illegitimate, dextral, equipoised, right(a), adroit, right-hand(a), right-handed, legitimate, two-handed

3. morganatic, left-handedadjective

   (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior

   Synonyms:
   bumbling, levorotatory, butterfingered, handless, heavy-handed, morganatic, levorotary, ham-handed, ham-fisted, bungling

   Antonyms:
   adroit, dextral, two-handed, right(a), equipoised, right-handed, illegitimate, legitimate, unambiguous, right-hand(a), clockwise, ambidextrous

4. levorotary, levorotatory, left-handedadjective

   rotating to the left

   Synonyms:
   bumbling, levorotatory, butterfingered, handless, heavy-handed, morganatic, levorotary, ham-handed, ham-fisted, bungling

   Antonyms:
   unambiguous, two-handed, ambidextrous, illegitimate, dextral, right-hand(a), right-handed, right(a), adroit, legitimate, equipoised, clockwise

5. left-handedadjective

   ironically ambiguous

   "a left-handed compliment"

   Synonyms:
   bumbling, levorotatory, butterfingered, handless, heavy-handed, morganatic, levorotary, ham-handed, ham-fisted, bungling

   Antonyms:
   ambidextrous, adroit, unambiguous, equipoised, two-handed, right-hand(a), right(a), dextral, legitimate, right-handed, clockwise, illegitimate

6. bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handedadjective

   lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

   "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse

   Synonyms:
   levorotary, incompetent, bumbling, levorotatory, butterfingered, morganatic, handless, roughshod, heavy-handed, fumbling, clumsy, ham-handed, ham-fisted, bungling

   Antonyms:
   adroit, dextral, right-handed, illegitimate, right-hand(a), legitimate, right(a), two-handed, equipoised, clockwise, unambiguous, ambidextrous

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1. left-handedadjective

   Synonyms:
   sinister, ambilevous

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1. List of paraphrases for "left-handed":

   lefty

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1. Scott Servais:

   He’s been probably one of our most consistent at-bats here over the last week or so, just grinding through it, obviously, his niche is killing the lefties. He usually stays right on left-handed pitching, and he was right there again tonight.

2. Mark Allen Sanders:

   Jon Hamm rears back and hits me left-handed, and Jon Hamm hit me right over my right kidney, I mean square over it, good solid hit and that, that stood me right up.

3. Red Sox:

   What he's doing against left-handed pitchers is impressive, david's a great hitter.

4. Robert Bates:

   I shoot long guns left handed and handguns right handed.

5. Simona Halep:

   It was a tough match as her left-handed topspin is hard to handle, i was in a little bit of trouble in the beginning because I could not find my rhythm so I am glad to finish this in two sets.