jackleg

The word “jackleg” has 2 syllables: jack-leg

It's pronounced as /ˈdʒækˌlɛɡ/


What is synonym and antonym for jackleg?

In the thesaurus, “jackleg” has 109 synonyms and 71 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for jackleg along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for jackleg

  • Sunday
  • amateur
  • amateurish
  • avocational
  • awkward
  • backyard
  • bad
  • beginner
  • beginning
  • bent
  • clumsy
  • contaminated
  • corrupt
  • crooked
  • crude
  • curbstone
  • cutthroat
  • debased
  • debauched
  • decadent
  • defective
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • demoralized
  • depraved
  • dilettante
  • dilettantish
  • dishonest
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • entry-level
  • evil
  • faulty
  • flawed
  • fresh
  • freshman
  • green
  • greenhorn
  • hack
  • hacker
  • ham-fisted
  • ham-handed
  • heavy-handed
  • immoral
  • incapable
  • incompetent
  • inexperienced
  • inexpert
  • iniquitous
  • kid
  • learner
  • libertine
  • loose
  • miscreant
  • naive
  • nefarious
  • neophyte
  • new
  • newcomer
  • nonprofessional
  • novice
  • part-time
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • primitive
  • rakehell
  • rakehelly
  • rakish
  • raw
  • reprobate
  • rookie
  • self-taught
  • sick
  • sinful
  • spoiled
  • tainted
  • talentless
  • tenderfoot
  • trifler
  • tyro
  • unable
  • unclean
  • unethical
  • unfinished
  • unfit
  • ungifted
  • uninitiated
  • unpolished
  • unprepared
  • unprincipled
  • unprofessional
  • unqualified
  • unschooled
  • unscrupulous
  • unseasoned
  • unskilled
  • unskillful
  • untalented
  • untaught
  • untested
  • untrained
  • untried
  • untutored
  • unwholesome
  • vicious
  • warped
  • weekend
  • wicked
  • would-be

Antonyms for jackleg

  • able
  • accomplished
  • ace
  • adept
  • all-around
  • all-round
  • ambidextrous
  • capable
  • competent
  • consummate
  • crackajack
  • crackerjack
  • craftsman
  • dexterous
  • dextrous
  • educated
  • ethical
  • experienced
  • expert
  • finished
  • fitted
  • gifted
  • good
  • habile
  • hand
  • handsome
  • honest
  • incorruptible
  • initiated
  • knowledgeable
  • maestro
  • master
  • masterful
  • masterly
  • moral
  • old hand
  • old-timer
  • past master
  • polished
  • practiced
  • practised
  • prepared
  • principled
  • professional
  • proficient
  • pure
  • qualified
  • righteous
  • schooled
  • seasoned
  • shark
  • sharp
  • skilled
  • skillful
  • slick
  • talented
  • taught
  • trained
  • tutored
  • uncorrupt
  • uncorrupted
  • versatile
  • versed
  • vet
  • veteran
  • virtuosic
  • virtuoso
  • virtuous
  • well-rounded
  • whiz
  • wizard

Meanings of jackleg

  • noun
    1. A type of drill operated by means of compressed air.
    2. An amateur; an untrained or incompetent person.
    3. A shyster or con artist; a gambler who cheats; a generally dishonest or reprehensible person.
  • adjective
    1. Amateur, untrained; incompetent.
    2. Dishonest, unscrupulous.
    3. Ineptly built or operated; makeshift.

Example Sentences

  • The jackleg carpenter hastily assembled the makeshift shelves in the workshop.
  • Despite his claim to be a professional, the work of the jackleg plumber left a trail of leaks in the house.
  • The old toolbox contained a few worn-out tools, including a rusty jackleg wrench.
  • In the dimly lit garage, a lone mechanic toiled with his collection of jackleg equipment.
  • The amateur electrician's jackleg wiring job caused frequent power outages in the neighborhood.

On this page you'll find 180 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jackleg, such as: Sunday, able, accomplished, ace, adept, all-around, all-round.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

backup

  • accompaniment
  • acting
  • ad interim
  • affirm
  • agent
  • alternate
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  • apology
  • argue
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  • assignee
  • assistant
  • attest
  • attorney
  • authenticate
  • auxiliary
  • aver
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  • bear out
  • bottleneck
  • certify
  • clot
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  • commissary
  • confirm
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  • congestion
  • corroborate
  • cover
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  • declare
  • delay
  • delegate
  • demonstrate
  • deputy
  • designated hitter
  • document
  • envoy
  • establish
  • extra
  • factor
  • fill-in
  • gel
  • gridlock
  • guarantee
  • harden
  • interim
  • jackleg
  • jam
  • jam-up
  • lock
  • locum tenens
  • logjam
  • make-do
  • makeshift
  • pinch hitter
  • procurator
  • profess
  • prove
  • provisional
  • provisionary
  • provisory
  • proxy
  • reenforce
  • reinforce
  • reinforcement
  • relief
  • reliever
  • rep
  • replacement
  • representative
  • reserve
  • second
  • set
  • slowdown
  • snarl
  • stand-in
  • stopgap
  • stoppage
  • sub
  • substantiate
  • substitute
  • successor
  • superseder
  • support
  • supporter
  • surrogate
  • tailback
  • tangle
  • temporary
  • tie-up
  • traffic
  • understudy
  • validate
  • verify
  • vindicate
  • warrant
  • witness

backyard

  • Sunday
  • amateur
  • amateurish
  • avocational
  • courtyard
  • dilettante
  • environment
  • environs
  • garden
  • grass
  • inexperienced
  • inexpert
  • jackleg
  • lawn
  • naive
  • neighborhood
  • nonprofessional
  • part-time
  • patio
  • play area
  • primitive
  • purlieus
  • self-taught
  • surround
  • surroundings
  • terrace
  • uninitiated
  • unprepared
  • unprofessional
  • unqualified
  • unschooled
  • unskilled
  • untaught
  • untrained
  • untutored
  • vicinage
  • vicinity
  • weekend
  • yard

debased

  • abased
  • abashed
  • affronted
  • bad
  • bad-mouthed
  • base
  • bastardized
  • befouled
  • begrimed
  • belittled
  • bent
  • blemished
  • cankered
  • castigated
  • censured
  • chastened
  • cheapened
  • condemned
  • confounded
  • confused
  • contaminated
  • corrupt
  • corrupted
  • cried down
  • criticized
  • crooked
  • cutthroat
  • damaged
  • damned
  • debauched
  • decadent
  • decried
  • defaced
  • defamed
  • defiled
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • demeaned
  • demoralized
  • denounced
  • depraved
  • depreciated
  • descended
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • detracted
  • diluted
  • diminished
  • dirtied
  • discomfited
  • disconcerted
  • discounted
  • discountenanced
  • discredited
  • disgraced
  • dishonest
  • dishonored
  • disparaged
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • downgraded
  • embarrassed
  • evil
  • execrated
  • fazed
  • flawed
  • flustered
  • fouled
  • harmed
  • humbled
  • humiliated
  • hurt
  • immoral
  • impaired
  • iniquitous
  • insulted
  • jackleg
  • lessened
  • libeled
  • libelled
  • libertine
  • loose
  • lowered
  • maligned
  • marred
  • minimized
  • miscreant
  • mortified
  • nefarious
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • profaned
  • prostituted
  • put down
  • rakehell
  • rakehelly
  • rakish
  • rattled
  • reprehended
  • reprobate
  • reprobated
  • ridiculed
  • ruined
  • sank
  • shamed
  • sick
  • sinful
  • slandered
  • smirched
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • stained
  • subverted
  • sunk
  • tainted
  • tarnished
  • thinned
  • took down
  • unclean
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
  • unscrupulous
  • unwholesome
  • vicious
  • vitiated
  • warped
  • watered down
  • weakened
  • wicked
  • wrecked
  • wrote off

debauched

  • abandoned
  • abased
  • bad
  • bastardized
  • befouled
  • begrimed
  • bent
  • blemished
  • cankered
  • cheapened
  • contaminated
  • corrupt
  • corrupted
  • crooked
  • cutthroat
  • damaged
  • debased
  • decadent
  • defaced
  • defiled
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • demeaned
  • demoralized
  • depraved
  • depreciated
  • descended
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • diluted
  • dirtied
  • disgraced
  • dishonest
  • dishonored
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • downgraded
  • drunk
  • evil
  • fast
  • flawed
  • gone bad
  • gone to the dogs
  • harmed
  • humbled
  • humiliated
  • hurt
  • immoral
  • impaired
  • in the gutter
  • iniquitous
  • jackleg
  • lessened
  • libertine
  • licentious
  • loose
  • marred
  • miscreant
  • nefarious
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • profaned
  • profligate
  • prostituted
  • rakehell
  • rakehelly
  • rakish
  • reprobate
  • ruined
  • shamed
  • sick
  • sinful
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • stained
  • subverted
  • tainted
  • tarnished
  • thinned
  • took down
  • unclean
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
  • unscrupulous
  • unwholesome
  • vicious
  • vitiate
  • vitiated
  • wanton
  • warped
  • watered down
  • weakened
  • wicked
  • wrecked

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