hand-to-hand

The word “hand-to-hand” has 3 syllables: hand-to-hand

It's pronounced as /hænd tə hænd/


What is synonym and antonym for hand-to-hand?

In the thesaurus, “hand-to-hand” has 38 synonyms and 27 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for hand-to-hand

  • abutting
  • accessible
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • anatomic
  • anatomical
  • animal
  • approaching
  • bodily
  • bordering
  • carnal
  • close
  • close-in
  • close-up
  • coming
  • contiguous
  • convenient
  • corporal
  • corporeal
  • fleshly
  • forthcoming
  • handy
  • immediate
  • material
  • near
  • nearby
  • neighboring
  • next-door
  • nigh
  • oncoming
  • physical
  • physiologic
  • physiological
  • proximate
  • sensual
  • sensuous
  • somatic
  • upcoming

Antonyms for hand-to-hand

  • away
  • bodiless
  • cerebral
  • deep
  • distant
  • divorced
  • ethereal
  • far
  • far-off
  • faraway
  • immaterial
  • incorporeal
  • inner
  • insubstantial
  • intellectual
  • mental
  • metaphysical
  • nonmaterial
  • nonphysical
  • psychic
  • psychical
  • psychologic
  • psychological
  • remote
  • removed
  • separated
  • spiritual

Meanings of hand-to-hand

  • adjective
    1. Close together, within arm's reach.
    2. Especially, describing fighting (armed or unarmed) done within reach rather than at range.

Example Sentences

  • The soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat during the battle.
  • In the tournament, the fighters participated in hand-to-hand wrestling.
  • The two rivals faced off in a hand-to-hand contest to determine the winner.
  • The old-fashioned duel was settled with a hand-to-hand fight.
  • The defenders fought hand-to-hand to protect their position.

On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hand-to-hand, such as: abutting, accessible, adjacent, adjoining, anatomic, anatomical, animal.

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Related Words

immediate

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near

  • about
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  • equal
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  • expressive
  • fair
  • fairly
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  • generally
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  • gracious
  • graphic
  • graphical
  • gregarious
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  • hand-to-hand
  • handily
  • handy
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  • immediate
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  • near-at-hand
  • nearby
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  • next
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  • nominally
  • not remote
  • oncoming
  • partially
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  • photo-realistic
  • plus or minus
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  • pretty much
  • proximal
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  • roughly
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  • tender
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  • tight
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  • to hand
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  • vincinal
  • virtually
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  • within call

nearby

  • about
  • abutting
  • accessible
  • accessibly
  • across
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  • adjoining
  • along
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  • approaching
  • around
  • at close quarters
  • at hand
  • below
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  • beyond
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  • close-by
  • close-in
  • close-up
  • coming
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  • convenient
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  • forthcoming
  • hand-to-hand
  • handily
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  • hereaway
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  • immediate
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  • neighboring
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  • nigh
  • not far away
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  • to hand
  • under
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  • upcoming
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neighboring

  • abutting
  • accessible
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • ambient
  • approaching
  • approximate
  • at hand
  • attached
  • beside
  • bordering
  • bounding
  • circumjacent
  • close
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  • close-up
  • closest
  • coming
  • communicating
  • connected
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  • conterminous
  • contiguous
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  • converging
  • embracing
  • encircling
  • enclosing
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  • fencing
  • flanking
  • flush
  • forthcoming
  • fringing
  • hand-to-hand
  • handy
  • immediate
  • inclosing
  • interconnecting
  • joined
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  • juxtaposed
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  • marginal
  • margining
  • meeting
  • near
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  • nigh
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  • peripheral
  • proximate
  • rimming
  • skirting
  • surrounding
  • tangent
  • tangential
  • to hand
  • touching
  • united
  • upcoming
  • verging

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