Synonyms for hand
hænd; ˈlɜr nɪdhand

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1. handnoun

   Synonyms:
   paw, manus

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. hand

   Synonyms:
   bring, carry, convey, get, give, hold, keep, receive, retain

   Antonyms:
   cast, dart, delegate, depute, despatch, discharge, dismiss, drive, emit, fling, forward, hurl, impel, lance, launch, project, propel, send, sling, throw, transmit

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hand

   Synonyms:
   laborer, workman, operative, artisan, agency, influence, index

   Antonyms:
   employer

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1. hand, manus, mitt, pawnoun

   the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

   "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt"

   Synonyms:
   handwriting, glove, deal, baseball glove, hired hand, paw, baseball mitt, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus

2. hired hand, hand, hired mannoun

   a hired laborer on a farm or ranch

   "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"

   Synonyms:
   handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus

3. handwriting, hand, scriptnoun

   something written by hand

   "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"

   Synonyms:
   handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, book, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus, playscript

4. handnoun

   ability

   "he wanted to try his hand at singing"

   Synonyms:
   handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus

5. handnoun

   a position given by its location to the side of an object

   "objections were voiced on every hand"

   Synonyms:
   handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus

6. hand, dealnoun

   the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time

   "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand"

   Synonyms:
   mitt, peck, mint, plenty, lot, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, softwood, bargain, paw, pile, muckle, business deal, good deal, stack, mountain, sight, handwriting, deal, trade, bridge player, helping hand, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, mess, mass, hired hand, spate, tidy sum, hired man, script, great deal, manus, pot

7. handnoun

   one of two sides of an issue

   "on the one hand..., but on the other hand..."

   Synonyms:
   handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus

8. handnoun

   a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece

   "the big hand counts the minutes"

   Synonyms:
   handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus

9. handnoun

   a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses

   "the horse stood 20 hands"

   Synonyms:
   handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus

10. handnoun

    a member of the crew of a ship

    "all hands on deck"

    Synonyms:
    handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus

11. bridge player, handnoun

    a card player in a game of bridge

    "we need a 4th hand for bridge"

    Synonyms:
    handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus

12. handnoun

    a round of applause to signify approval

    "give the little lady a great big hand"

    Synonyms:
    handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus

13. handnoun

    terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)

    "the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting"- Springfield (Mass.) Union

    Synonyms:
    handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus

14. hand, helping handverb

    physical assistance

    "give me a hand with the chores"

    Synonyms:
    handwriting, deal, hired hand, paw, script, helping hand, hired man, bridge player, mitt, manus

15. pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, giveverb

    place into the hands or custody of

    "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

    Synonyms:
    run, progress, perish, hit, give way, elapse, dig, feed, go past, make pass, lead, top, roll, put across, go by, flip over, draw, evanesce, bowl over, moot, afford, collapse, occur, die, dedicate, debate, impart, turn over, go, contact, spend, ease up, slide by, get to, hold, fade, gift, render, consider, legislate, happen, egest, tip over, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, relegate, move over, knock over, delve, transcend, gain, make it, authorize, founder, strive, devote, grant, establish, extend to, move on, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, yield, contribute, get through, accomplish, give, fall out, attain, hap, slip by, march on, go on, tump over, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, present, cave in, pass off, make, fall in, give-up the ghost, strain, return, blow over, apply, take place, generate, get hold of, expire, overhaul, pass around, chip in, throw, advance, go through, reach, open, communicate, submit, come about, choke, break, pop off, go across, cut into, overtake, travel by, arrive at, glide by, turn, deliberate, extend, circulate, reach out, distribute, decease, have, fall, pass, pass by, clear, exit, conk, excrete, buy the farm, pass along, achieve, upset, progress to, snuff it, touch, go along, surpass, guide, flip, overturn, leave, pay, consecrate, commit, sacrifice, kick in, pass on

16. handverb

    guide or conduct or usher somewhere

    "hand the elderly lady into the taxi"

    Synonyms:
    reach, pass, give, pass on, turn over

Matched Categories

1. • Ability
   • Applause
   • Card Player
   • Collection
   • Forepaw
   • Guide
   • Handbreadth
   • Handwriting
   • Laborer
   • Pointer
   • Sailor
   • Side
   • Writing

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. handnoun

   Synonyms:
   palm and fingers, PAW

2. handnoun

   Synonyms:
   palm, four inches (in estimating the height of a horse), hand-breadth

3. handnoun

   Synonyms:
   side (right or left)

4. handnoun

   Synonyms:
   skill, ability, talent, faculty, dexterity

5. handnoun

   Synonyms:
   handiwork, workmanship

6. handnoun

   Synonyms:
   mode of procedure

7. handnoun

   Synonyms:
   agency, intervention, participation

8. handnoun

   Synonyms:
   possession, control, power

9. handnoun

   Synonyms:
   laborer, workman, operative, EMPLOYÉ, artisan, artificer, craftsman

10. handnoun

    Synonyms:
    10. index, pointer, indicator

11. handnoun

    Synonyms:
    chirography, handwriting, style of penmanship

12. handverb

    Synonyms:
    give (with the hand), transmit, present, pass by hand

13. handverb

    Synonyms:
    lead, conduct, guide

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. handnoun

   Synonyms:
   paw, manus

   Associated words:
   chirology, chiromancy, palmistry, chiropody, chiropodist, chirognomy, chirographer, chirographist, chirogymnast, chirologist, cheirosophy, manicure, chiromancer, manual, chirography, ambidextral, ambidextrous, ambidexterity, ambidexter, achirous, chiragra, fist, manacle, castanets, mount, discriminal, bimanual, bimanous

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "hand":

   side, hands, part, party, share, lato, main, mano, aside, handheld, lado, portion, arm, proportion, manual, manuals

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1. Phin Ziebell:

   On the one hand you have the OPEC output cuts and there's some geopolitical issues around Iran. But the demand outlook is muted and U.S. supply is perennially good from shale oil, which seems to have structurally changed the nature of the oil market.

2. Seneca:

   It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity.

3. Katarina Zarutskie:

   Katarina Zarutskie was able to quickly rip Katarina Zarutskie arm out of the shark’s mouth and cover the wound to prevent blood from getting to the other sharks lurking around. The 19-year-old said it's been a journey treating the wound to have it heal completely. ( Katarina Zarutskie) If [ the shark ] would have got my hand in a different way, I probably wouldn't have been able to get my hand out.

4. George Pagoulatos:

   Greece already has first-hand experience of economic populism and is now rejecting it, making a turn towards pragmatism, the vote in 2015 was one of hope, of desperation. Then the idealism collapsed. Now people are focusing on who they believe can deliver.

5. Andrew Rubin:

   The first thing a company should do is call the federal government, when companies operate in a silo, things get out of hand.