Synonyms for hand
hænd; ˈlɜr nɪdhand

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

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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How to use hand in a sentence?

1. Michael Breus:

   On the other hand, if you feel energized after your workouts, you should keep doing it in the morning, time change or not, because you don’t want that energy boost to lead to insomnia.

2. Peter Sands:

   It was always our intention to begin a handover process around now ... now is the right time for me to hand over.

3. Jake Paul:

   This is as real as it f---ing gets, just like my right hand.

4. Parker Conrad:

   I think [ADP has] always had a bit of cognitive dissonance about Zenefits. On the one hand, we don’t do payroll—we’re a sales channel for them for payroll. On the other hand, although people think of ADP as a payroll company, they make a lot of money by taking that core payroll business and upselling clients on all of this other stuff, i think what happened for ADP is that at a certain point, their view of us flipped from uncertainty to a decision that they absolutely didn’t like us. Who knows? They might decide in six months to a year, ‘Oh my gosh, this is a mistake, we’d much rather partner with Zenefits—they have a lot of customers in the market, and we don’t want to block ourselves out of all of those customers.’.

5. Saadi Shirazi:

   When thou utterest not a word thou hast laid thy hand upon it; when thou hast uttered it, it hath laid its hand on thee.