handicap

The word “handicap” has 3 syllables: hand-i-cap

It's pronounced as /ˈhændɪkæp/


What is synonym and antonym for handicap?

In the thesaurus, “handicap” has 144 synonyms and 73 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for handicap

  • advantage
  • adversity
  • albatross
  • arrest
  • baffle
  • baggage
  • balk
  • bar
  • barricade
  • barrier
  • benefit
  • bind
  • bit
  • block
  • blockade
  • blockage
  • brake
  • brick wall
  • burden
  • catch
  • chain
  • check
  • choke
  • clog
  • confine
  • constrain
  • constraint
  • cramp
  • crimp
  • cumber
  • curb
  • danger
  • debit
  • delay
  • derail
  • deterrent
  • detriment
  • difficulty
  • disability
  • disadvantage
  • disbenefit
  • disrupt
  • downside
  • drag
  • drawback
  • edge
  • embargo
  • embarrass
  • embarrassment
  • encumber
  • encumbrance
  • failing
  • favor
  • fetter
  • foil
  • frustrate
  • give a hard time
  • halter
  • hamper
  • hamstring
  • handcuff
  • hangup
  • hardship
  • hazard
  • head start
  • hinder
  • hindrance
  • hitch
  • hobble
  • hog-tie
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • holdback
  • holdup
  • hurdle
  • impairment
  • impede
  • impediment
  • incommodity
  • inhibit
  • inhibition
  • interference
  • leash
  • let
  • liability
  • limit
  • limitation
  • load
  • manacle
  • millstone
  • minus
  • mire
  • muzzle
  • negative
  • obstacle
  • obstruct
  • obstruction
  • odds
  • peril
  • points
  • psychological baggage
  • put out of commission
  • reef
  • rein
  • repress
  • restrain
  • restraint
  • restrict
  • restriction
  • retain
  • retard
  • roadblock
  • rub
  • sabotage
  • shackle
  • shackles
  • short-circuit
  • shortcoming
  • sideline
  • smother
  • snag
  • stall
  • start
  • stifle
  • stone wall
  • stop
  • stoppage
  • strangle
  • stranglehold
  • strike
  • stumbling block
  • stump
  • stymie
  • suffocate
  • suppress
  • take out
  • tether
  • thwart
  • tie
  • tie up
  • trammel
  • trump card
  • upper hand
  • vantage

Antonyms for handicap

  • advance
  • advantage
  • aid
  • allow
  • ascendancy
  • ascendency
  • asset
  • assist
  • assistance
  • benefit
  • better
  • blessing
  • boost
  • break
  • catalyst
  • clear
  • command
  • control
  • disadvantage
  • drawback
  • drop
  • edge
  • encourage
  • facilitate
  • forward
  • free
  • freedom
  • further
  • give advantage
  • goad
  • handmaid
  • handmaiden
  • head start
  • help
  • impairment
  • impetus
  • incentive
  • jump
  • lead
  • liberate
  • limitation
  • loosen
  • make way
  • margin
  • mastery
  • open
  • opportunity
  • permit
  • plus
  • predominance
  • prerogative
  • privilege
  • promote
  • release
  • relief
  • restriction
  • shortcoming
  • smooth
  • spur
  • start
  • stimulant
  • stimulus
  • superiority
  • support
  • supremacy
  • transcendence
  • trump card
  • unclog
  • unplug
  • unstop
  • untie
  • upper hand
  • vantage

Meanings of handicap

  • noun
    1. Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
    2. An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
    3. (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
    4. A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
    5. (card game) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.
  • verb
    1. To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
    2. (by extension) To place at disadvantage.
    3. To estimate betting odds.

Example Sentences

  • The golf course has special accommodations for players with a handicap.
  • He was determined not to let his physical handicap stop him from achieving his goals.
  • The new policy aims to provide better support for individuals with various handicaps.
  • In competitive sports, athletes often have their handicap calculated to ensure fair play.
  • The charity works to improve accessibility for people with disabilities and other handicaps.

On this page you'll find 217 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to handicap, such as: advance, advantage, adversity, aid, albatross, allow, arrest.

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jam-up

  • Catch-22
  • albatross
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  • put a lock on
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  • traffic
  • trammel
  • veto
  • zing

lade

  • afflict
  • bail
  • baptize
  • bathe
  • bear down on
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  • hamper
  • handicap
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  • irrigate
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  • make heavy
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  • snow
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  • suction
  • surcharge
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  • tax
  • trouble
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  • vex
  • wash
  • water
  • weigh
  • weigh down
  • weight
  • wet
  • worry

laden

  • afflict
  • burden
  • burdened
  • charged
  • clog
  • clutter
  • encumber
  • encumbered
  • fill
  • fraught
  • freight
  • full
  • hamper
  • hampered
  • handicap
  • heap
  • lade
  • load
  • lumber
  • mound
  • oppress
  • oppressed
  • overburden
  • overload
  • overtax
  • pack
  • pile
  • press
  • saddle
  • stack
  • strain
  • surcharge
  • tax
  • taxed
  • weigh
  • weighed down
  • weight
  • weighted

sabotage

  • annihilate
  • arrest
  • attack
  • baffle
  • bang up
  • block
  • bollix
  • bottleneck
  • brake
  • break
  • break up
  • check
  • constrain
  • cripple
  • curb
  • damage
  • decelerate
  • deep-six
  • deface
  • defacement
  • defacing
  • demolish
  • demolishing
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • depredate
  • depredation
  • desecrate
  • desecrating
  • desecration
  • despoil
  • despoiling
  • despoilment
  • destroy
  • destruction
  • devastate
  • disable
  • disrupt
  • disruption
  • do
  • do in
  • encumber
  • foil
  • foul up
  • frustrate
  • graffiti
  • halt
  • hamper
  • handicap
  • harm
  • hinder
  • hobble
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • hurt
  • impair
  • impairment
  • impede
  • inhibit
  • injury
  • loot
  • looting
  • louse up
  • mar
  • maraud
  • marauding
  • mess up
  • mischief
  • obstruct
  • overthrow
  • pillage
  • pillaging
  • plunder
  • plundering
  • predation
  • put out of action
  • put out of commission
  • ransack
  • ransacking
  • ravage
  • ravaging
  • raven
  • raze
  • rein
  • restrain
  • retard
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • sack
  • sacking
  • scourge
  • screw up
  • set back
  • shatter
  • slacken
  • slow
  • smash
  • spoil
  • spoliate
  • spoliation
  • stop
  • subversion
  • subversiveness
  • subvert
  • tag
  • take out
  • tear down
  • throw a monkey wrench into
  • thwart
  • tie up
  • torpedo
  • total
  • trash
  • trashing
  • treachery
  • treason
  • undermine
  • undermining
  • vandalism
  • vandalization
  • vandalize
  • violate
  • waste
  • wipe out
  • wrack
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • wrecking

saddle

  • abyss
  • afflict
  • arroyo
  • barranca
  • barranco
  • basin
  • burden
  • canyon
  • chasm
  • cirque
  • cleft
  • clog
  • clutter
  • col
  • combe
  • coomb
  • coombe
  • coulee
  • couloir
  • crevasse
  • crevice
  • cwm
  • dale
  • defile
  • dell
  • draw
  • encumber
  • fill
  • fissure
  • floodplain
  • flume
  • freight
  • gap
  • gill
  • glen
  • gorge
  • gulch
  • gulf
  • gulley
  • gully
  • gutter
  • hamper
  • handicap
  • heap
  • hollow
  • howdah
  • kettle
  • kloof
  • lade
  • laden
  • linn
  • load
  • lumber
  • mound
  • notch
  • nullah
  • oppress
  • overburden
  • overload
  • overtax
  • pack
  • packsaddle
  • pass
  • pile
  • pillion
  • press
  • ravine
  • seat
  • shut-in
  • stack
  • strain
  • surcharge
  • tax
  • trench
  • trough
  • vale
  • valley
  • wadi
  • wash
  • weigh
  • weight

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