Synonyms and Antonyms of wooden
- an eminent scientist who was wooden in front of television cameras
awkward, clumsy, gauche, graceless, inelegant, rough-hewn, rustic (also rustical), stiff, stilted, uncomfortable, uneasy, ungraceful
angular, gawky, lubberly, ungainly
abashed, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassed
agitated, bothered, chagrined, dismayed, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, fazed, flustered, jittery, jumpy, mortified, nervous, nonplussed (also nonplused), perturbed, rattled, unhinged, unsettled, upset
diffident, insecure, meek, modest, self-doubting, timid, unassertive, unassuming, unpretentious