hand-holding

The word “hand-holding” has 3 syllables: hand-hold-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈhændˌhoʊldɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for hand-holding?

In the thesaurus, “hand-holding” has 38 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for hand-holding along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for hand-holding

  • abetment
  • advancement
  • advice
  • aid
  • assist
  • assistance
  • assuagement
  • attendance
  • attention
  • backing
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • boost
  • care
  • charity
  • counsel
  • facilitation
  • favor
  • forwarding
  • furtherance
  • furthering
  • hand
  • help
  • helping hand
  • kindness
  • leg up
  • lift
  • mentoring
  • nurturance
  • palliation
  • patronage
  • philanthropy
  • promotion
  • relief
  • service
  • sponsorship
  • succor
  • support

Antonyms for hand-holding

  • constraint
  • deterrence
  • discouragement
  • frustration
  • hindrance
  • inhibition
  • interference
  • obstruction
  • repression
  • restraint

Example Sentences

  • The new software is designed to be intuitive and user-friendly, eliminating the need for excessive hand-holding.
  • As a beginner, she appreciated the hand-holding her instructor provided during the cooking class.
  • The guide offers a lot of hand-holding, making it perfect for people who are new to the hobby.
  • The manager believes in empowering his team rather than engaging in constant hand-holding.
  • While the tour was informative, it involved too much hand-holding for more experienced travelers.

On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hand-holding, such as: abetment, advancement, advice, aid, assist, assistance, assuagement.

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

Related Words

palliation

  • abatement
  • abetment
  • acknowledgement
  • acknowledgment
  • advancement
  • advice
  • aid
  • alibi
  • allayment
  • alleviation
  • amelioration
  • apology
  • appeasement
  • assist
  • assistance
  • assuagement
  • atonement
  • attendance
  • attention
  • backing
  • balm
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • boost
  • break
  • breather
  • care
  • charity
  • cheer
  • color
  • comfort
  • comforting
  • confession
  • consolation
  • contentment
  • cop-out
  • counsel
  • cure
  • defense
  • deliverance
  • diversion
  • ease
  • easement
  • encouragement
  • excuse
  • extenuation
  • extrication
  • facilitation
  • favor
  • fix
  • forwarding
  • furtherance
  • furthering
  • guidance
  • guise
  • hand
  • hand-holding
  • happiness
  • help
  • helping hand
  • justification
  • kindness
  • leg up
  • letup
  • lift
  • lightening
  • maintenance
  • mentoring
  • mitigation
  • mollification
  • nurturance
  • out
  • palliative
  • patronage
  • philanthropy
  • plea
  • pretence
  • pretense
  • pretext
  • promotion
  • quick fix
  • rationale
  • rationalization
  • reason
  • refreshment
  • release
  • relief
  • remission
  • reprieve
  • respite
  • rest
  • restfulness
  • satisfaction
  • service
  • softening
  • solace
  • sponsorship
  • succor
  • support
  • sustenance
  • vindication
  • whitewash

hand

  • John Hancock
  • John Henry
  • Renaissance man
  • abetment
  • ability
  • ace
  • addict
  • adept
  • administer
  • administration
  • advance
  • advancement
  • advice
  • afficionado
  • aficionado
  • agency
  • aid
  • aide
  • air
  • all-rounder
  • allocate
  • angle
  • appearance
  • appendage
  • apportion
  • arm
  • article
  • artificer
  • artisan
  • artist
  • aspect
  • assign
  • assist
  • assistance
  • assistant
  • associate
  • assuagement
  • attendance
  • attention
  • authority
  • autograph
  • backhand
  • backing
  • bear
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • bequeath
  • boost
  • bottom
  • buck
  • buff
  • cacography
  • calligraphy
  • care
  • carry
  • case
  • cede
  • character
  • charity
  • chirography
  • claiming
  • clap
  • clutch
  • cog
  • cognoscente
  • collaring
  • colleague
  • color
  • command
  • commandeering
  • commend
  • commit
  • complexion
  • component
  • condition
  • confer
  • confide
  • confiscation
  • connoisseur
  • consign
  • consultant
  • control
  • copperplate
  • counsel
  • count
  • countersign
  • coworker
  • crackajack
  • crackerjack
  • craftsman
  • craftsperson
  • cursive
  • dab
  • dab hand
  • deed
  • delegate
  • deliver
  • detail
  • devotee
  • dial
  • dimension
  • direction
  • dispense
  • disperse
  • distribute
  • divide
  • dole out
  • domination
  • dominion
  • drudge
  • duke
  • element
  • employe
  • employee
  • encouragement
  • endorsement
  • enjoyment
  • enthusiast
  • entrust
  • expert
  • extremity
  • face
  • facet
  • facilitation
  • factor
  • fan
  • favor
  • feed
  • fiend
  • fin
  • finger
  • fist
  • flank
  • flunkey
  • flunkie
  • flunky
  • foot
  • forwarding
  • frank
  • furnish
  • furtherance
  • furthering
  • gage
  • gandy dancer
  • gauge
  • geek
  • give
  • give over
  • give up
  • governance
  • government
  • grant
  • grasp
  • grip
  • grub
  • guidance
  • guru
  • hack
  • hand down
  • hand in
  • hand on
  • hand over
  • hand-holding
  • handclapping
  • handle
  • handwriting
  • helm
  • help
  • helper
  • helping hand
  • hen scratch
  • hen track
  • hired gun
  • hired person
  • hireling
  • hold
  • hook
  • hotshot
  • index
  • indicator
  • indorsement
  • influence
  • instance
  • instruction
  • interpretation
  • intrust
  • item
  • jack-of-all-trades
  • jobber
  • jobholder
  • journeyman
  • jurisdiction
  • keeping
  • kindness
  • knack
  • laborer
  • leave
  • lee
  • leeward
  • left
  • leg up
  • lend
  • lift
  • loan
  • longhand
  • look
  • maestro
  • make over
  • management
  • mark
  • master
  • mastery
  • matter
  • maven
  • mavin
  • meister
  • mentoring
  • metacarpus
  • might
  • mistress
  • mitt
  • navvy
  • needle
  • nine-to-fiver
  • nurturance
  • operation
  • outlook
  • outside
  • ovation
  • oversight
  • ownership
  • palliation
  • palm
  • part
  • participation
  • particular
  • pass
  • past master
  • patronage
  • paw
  • penmanship
  • period
  • perspective
  • phase
  • philanthropy
  • point
  • pointer
  • portion
  • position
  • possession
  • posture
  • power
  • print
  • pro
  • procurement
  • professional
  • proficient
  • promotion
  • proprietorship
  • prorate
  • provide
  • reach
  • reading
  • recommend
  • recommit
  • redeliver
  • regard
  • regulation
  • relay
  • release
  • relief
  • relinquish
  • render
  • rendering
  • repose
  • repossession
  • respect
  • retainer
  • retention
  • retransfer
  • retransmit
  • right
  • roustabout
  • running
  • running hand
  • scholar
  • scratch
  • scrawl
  • scribble
  • script
  • semblance
  • service
  • shaker
  • shape
  • share
  • shark
  • sharp
  • shoes
  • side
  • signature
  • skill
  • slant
  • specialist
  • sponsorship
  • stage
  • stance
  • standpoint
  • state
  • step
  • submit
  • subordinate
  • succor
  • superintendence
  • supervision
  • supply
  • support
  • surrender
  • sway
  • temp
  • temporary
  • thunderous reception
  • toiler
  • top
  • transfer
  • translation
  • transmit
  • trust
  • turn in
  • turn over
  • underbelly
  • underbody
  • underling
  • underpart
  • underside
  • undersurface
  • version
  • vest
  • view
  • viewpoint
  • virtuoso
  • visage
  • wage earner
  • wage slave
  • wageworker
  • whiz
  • will
  • windward
  • wizard
  • worker
  • workingman
  • workingwoman
  • workman
  • workwoman
  • yes-man
  • yield

backings

  • abetments
  • advancements
  • advice
  • aegises
  • aids
  • assistances
  • assists
  • assuagements
  • attendances
  • attentions
  • auspices
  • benefactions
  • beneficences
  • boosts
  • care
  • charities
  • counsel
  • egises
  • encouragements
  • endowments
  • facilitations
  • favors
  • financings
  • fosterages
  • furtherances
  • guidance
  • hand-holdings
  • hands
  • help
  • helping hands
  • legs up
  • lifts
  • nurturances
  • palliations
  • patronages
  • philanthropies
  • promotions
  • reliefs
  • services
  • sponsorships
  • subsidies
  • succors
  • supports

facilitation

  • abetment
  • advancement
  • advice
  • aid
  • assist
  • assistance
  • assuagement
  • attendance
  • attention
  • backing
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • benefit
  • boost
  • care
  • charity
  • collaboration
  • comfort
  • compensation
  • cooperation
  • counsel
  • encouragement
  • favor
  • forwarding
  • furtherance
  • furthering
  • guidance
  • hand
  • hand-holding
  • handout
  • help
  • helping hand
  • kindness
  • leg up
  • lift
  • mentoring
  • nurturance
  • palliation
  • patronage
  • philanthropy
  • promotion
  • reinforcement
  • relief
  • service
  • sponsorship
  • succor
  • support
  • sustenance

abetment

  • advancement
  • advice
  • aid
  • assist
  • assistance
  • assuagement
  • attendance
  • attention
  • backing
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • boost
  • care
  • charity
  • counsel
  • encouragement
  • endorsement
  • facilitation
  • favor
  • forwarding
  • furtherance
  • furthering
  • guidance
  • hand
  • hand-holding
  • help
  • helping hand
  • kindness
  • leg up
  • lift
  • mentoring
  • nurturance
  • palliation
  • patronage
  • philanthropy
  • promotion
  • relief
  • service
  • sponsorship
  • succor
  • support

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