left-handed

English

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Alternative forms

• lefthanded

Adjective

left-handed (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to one who uses his or her left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, his or her right.
2. Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.
3. Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.
4. Awkward or maladroit.

Synonyms

• sinistral, southpaw

Antonyms

• right-handed

Derived terms

• left-handed compliment
• lefty
• leftie

Related terms

• left-hander

Translations

preferring the left hand over the right

Azeri: solaxay (az) Basque: ezkerti (eu) Danish: kejthåndet (da), venstrehåndet (da) Dutch: linkshandig (nl) Finnish: vasenkätinen (fi) French: gaucher (fr) Galician: zurdo (gl) Italian: mancino (it)

Japanese: 左利き (ja) (hidarikiki) Korean: 왼손잡이 (ko) (oensonjabi) Lithuanian: kairiarankis (lt) Portuguese: canhoto (pt) m. Romanian: stângaci (ro) m. Spanish: zurdo (es) m., zurda (es) f. Swedish: vänsterhänt (sv) Turkish: solak (tr)