What does "butterfingers" mean?

Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.

What is a synonym for "butterfingers"?

Common synonyms include: bungler, candy bar, clumsy, clumsy person, confection, dub.

Pronounced //ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz//.

/ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/ noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz. idiomatic, informal
"I am such a butterfingers. That’s the third drink I’ve spilled today."
2
someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball) wordnet
3
One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated. idiomatic, informal
"“I guess everyone’s got butterfingers around here,” Cole said with a sly smile. “Lucky for us, I’ve got fast reflexes.”"
4
A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated. idiomatic, informal

"I am such a butterfingers. That’s the third drink I’ve spilled today."

From butter + fingers (suggesting that someone is clumsy and drops things as if their hands are coated in slippery butter), from butterfingered.