Qualities
Synonyms for unwieldy
Synonyms for unwieldy: unmanageable and cumbersome. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for unwieldy
Interchangeable with unwieldy in this sense
Audited under unwieldy's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one unwieldy carries in that sense.
- unmanageableadjective, in the sense "difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name unwieldy as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- cumbersomecumbersome is an adjective in the sense "awkward to carry or handle because of size or weight"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under unwieldy and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
We set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter.
The true synonym
unmanageable
Same sentence, swapped: We set about towing the unmanageable structure into the shelter.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where unwieldy stands in the sentence above.
- wieldy
- burdensome
- halting
Where unwieldy turns up in the game
unwieldy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where unwieldy is the trap
- burdensomeadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is taxing, in the sense "not easily borne", so unwieldy is there to be ruled out.
- hulkingadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is hulky, in the sense "of great size and bulk", so unwieldy is there to be ruled out.
Play unwieldy
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so unwieldy reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company unwieldy keeps.
One vocabulary, two jobs
unwieldy is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.