handed

The word “handed” has 2 syllables: hand-ed.

It's pronounced as /ˈhændɪd/.


What is synonym and antonym for handed?

In the thesaurus, “handed” has 83 synonyms and 38 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for handed along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for handed

  • abandon
  • afford
  • approach
  • assign
  • attain
  • bear
  • bolster
  • bring
  • carry
  • cater
  • cede
  • change
  • contact
  • contribute
  • convert
  • convey
  • delegated
  • deliver
  • delivered
  • dispatch
  • dispense
  • distribute
  • donate
  • drop
  • encourage
  • end
  • entrust
  • equip
  • feed
  • ferry
  • fill
  • find
  • fuel
  • gave
  • give
  • give up
  • go
  • grant
  • hand
  • hand over
  • join
  • lead
  • leave
  • left
  • maintain
  • make
  • move
  • nourish
  • pass
  • pass on
  • passed
  • present
  • produce
  • propound
  • provide
  • provided
  • reach
  • reached
  • release
  • relinquish
  • relocate
  • remove
  • satisfy
  • sell
  • send
  • shift
  • ship
  • shoot
  • stand
  • store
  • strike
  • stuff
  • supplied
  • supply
  • surrender
  • sustain
  • throw
  • transfer
  • transferred
  • transmit
  • transport
  • turn over
  • yield

Antonyms for handed

  • avoid
  • create
  • deny
  • deplete
  • deprive
  • disapprove
  • fail
  • fall behind
  • fight
  • fix
  • held
  • hold
  • hold back
  • keep
  • kept
  • leave
  • lose
  • maintain
  • miss
  • oppose
  • persist
  • receive
  • refrain
  • refuse
  • remain
  • reserved
  • retain
  • retained
  • shun
  • stay
  • stop
  • surrender
  • take
  • take away
  • use
  • veto
  • withheld
  • withhold

Meanings of handed

  • verb
    1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
    2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
    3. To manage.
    4. To seize; to lay hands on.
    5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
    6. (said of a sail) To furl.
    7. To cooperate.
  • adjective
    1. (in combination) Having a certain kind or number of hands.
    2. (in combination) Having a peculiar or characteristic hand or way of treating others.
    3. With hands joined; hand in hand.

Example Sentences

  • She handed the report to her manager before the meeting started.
  • The teacher handed out the assignments to each student at the beginning of class.
  • He handed over the keys to the new car with a smile.
  • After the ceremony, the award was handed to the winner on stage.
  • The chef handed the freshly baked bread to the customer with care.

On this page you'll find 121 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to handed, such as: abandon, afford, approach, assign, attain, avoid, bear.

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  • archly
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  • consciously
  • craftily
  • cunningly
  • deceitfully
  • deceptively
  • deliberately
  • designedly
  • falsely
  • furtively
  • insidiously
  • knowingly
  • pointedly
  • purposely
  • sharply
  • slickly
  • slily
  • slyly
  • studiously
  • underhanded
  • underhandedly
  • voluntarily
  • willfully

dastardly

  • afraid
  • careful
  • contemptible
  • cowardly
  • craven
  • despicable
  • frightened
  • gutless
  • pusillanimous
  • recreant
  • scared
  • spineless
  • underhanded
  • unheroic
  • vile
  • yellow

gaucheness

  • awkwardness
  • clumsiness
  • disability
  • gawkiness
  • gawkishness
  • gracelessness
  • ham-handedness
  • inability
  • incapacity
  • klutziness
  • ungainliness

ham-handed

  • awkward
  • bulky
  • clumsy
  • heavy-handed
  • inept
  • ponderous
  • ungainly
  • unwieldy

handed in

  • assigned
  • commit
  • deliver
  • dispensed
  • dispersed
  • distributed
  • divided
  • hand over
  • handed down
  • handed on
  • introduce
  • pass on
  • propose
  • put
  • recommend
  • refer
  • released
  • relinquished
  • send
  • submit
  • submitted
  • suggest
  • table
  • transfer
  • turn over
  • turned in
  • urge

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