Synonyms for hand
hænd; ˈlɜr nɪdhand

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1. handnoun

   Synonyms:
   paw, manus

English Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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 Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. hand

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

   Antonyms:
   employer

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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 Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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 Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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 database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

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. General Vincent Brooks:

   I literally had leaders from other militaries grabbing me by the hand and pulling me to the Burmese general who was there; the region really wants the United States to engage Burma and help them to move forward, now we have to move at the pace we are allowed to.

2. Donald Trump:

   I’ve seen first-hand how the system is rigged against our citizens, just like it was rigged against Bernie Sanders.

3. Dermot Shea:

   I don't know that there's ever been a period exactly like this where so many systems of government are literally cowards that won't stand up for what's right, they're failing at every possible measure to be leaders. And they throw it onto the backs of the men and women of this police department and curse them with one hand and then blame them with the other. How dare they ?

4. Hogan Gidley:

   On one hand, he should be censored by Big Tech and not be allowed to talk, he also shouldn't say anything because it's divisive ? and then when he doesn't say anything and can't say anything because the platforms have removed him, they say,' Where's the President ?'.

5. Felix Sanchez:

   Many of the actors who can barely get a role are not about to bite the hand that feeds them.