handled

The word “handled” has 2 syllables: han-dled

It's pronounced as /ˈhændəld/


What is synonym and antonym for handled?

In the thesaurus, “handled” has 115 synonyms and 30 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for handled

  • abided
  • abode
  • absorbed
  • accepted
  • acquiesced
  • addressed
  • administered
  • administrated
  • allowed
  • bided
  • bode
  • bore
  • bossed
  • brooked
  • brought off
  • came to grips with
  • capitulated
  • captained
  • carried off
  • carried on
  • carried out
  • co-directed
  • co-managed
  • codirected
  • comanaged
  • commanded
  • conducted
  • considered
  • controlled
  • countenanced
  • did by
  • directed
  • drove
  • endured
  • engineered
  • esteemed
  • fielded
  • finessed
  • got off
  • governed
  • guarded
  • guided
  • hacked
  • had a grip on
  • headed
  • jockeyed
  • kept
  • led
  • lived with
  • managed
  • maneuvered
  • manipulated
  • met
  • micromanaged
  • minded
  • monitored
  • negotiated
  • operated
  • ordered
  • organized
  • overlooked
  • oversaw
  • permitted
  • piloted
  • played
  • plied
  • pocketed
  • protected
  • pulled
  • quarterbacked
  • ran
  • rated
  • reckoned
  • regarded
  • regulated
  • reigned
  • respected
  • rode herd on
  • ruled
  • run
  • safeguarded
  • served
  • shepherded
  • showed
  • stage-managed
  • steered
  • stewarded
  • stomached
  • stood
  • stood for
  • stuck out
  • suffered
  • superintended
  • supervised
  • supported
  • sustained
  • swallowed
  • sweat out
  • sweated out
  • swung
  • taken care of
  • tended
  • tolerated
  • took
  • toughed it out
  • treated
  • used
  • viewed
  • watched
  • watched over
  • went
  • wielded
  • wore
  • worked
  • wrought

Antonyms for handled

  • avoided
  • botched
  • bungled
  • bypassed
  • circumvented
  • combated
  • combatted
  • contested
  • declined
  • dismissed
  • dodged
  • eluded
  • escaped
  • evaded
  • foozled
  • forbore
  • fought
  • fumbled
  • loused up
  • mishandled
  • missed
  • muffed
  • opposed
  • refused
  • rejected
  • repudiated
  • resisted
  • scamped
  • spurned
  • turned down

Meanings of handled

  • verb
    1. To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
    2. To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
    3. To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
    4. To manage, control, or direct.
    5. To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
    6. To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
    7. To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
    8. To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
    9. To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
    10. To use the hands.
    11. To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
    12. To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
  • adjective
    1. Having a specified number or kind of handles.

Example Sentences

  • The manager handled the customer complaint with professionalism and care.
  • She handled the difficult situation with remarkable calmness.
  • After the meeting, we discussed how the project was handled by the team.
  • The technician efficiently handled the repairs on the machine.
  • He handled the delicate negotiations with great skill.

On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to handled, such as: abided, abode, absorbed, accepted, acquiesced, addressed, administered.

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Related Words

abided

  • absorbed
  • accepted
  • acquiesced
  • allowed
  • awaited
  • bided
  • bode
  • bore
  • brooked
  • capitulated
  • carried through
  • cohabited
  • continued
  • countenanced
  • dallied
  • dawdled
  • dwelled
  • dwelt
  • endured
  • frequented
  • hacked
  • handled
  • haunted
  • held on
  • held up
  • hung around
  • hung on
  • inhabited
  • kept up
  • lasted
  • leased
  • lingered
  • lived
  • lived with
  • lodged
  • loitered
  • met
  • occupied
  • outstayed
  • overstayed
  • peopled
  • perdured
  • permitted
  • persisted
  • pocketed
  • populated
  • prevailed
  • ran on
  • remained
  • rented
  • resided
  • respected
  • settled
  • stayed
  • stomached
  • stood
  • stood for
  • stuck around
  • stuck out
  • sublet
  • suffered
  • supported
  • survived
  • sustained
  • swallowed
  • sweat out
  • sweated out
  • tarried
  • tenanted
  • tolerated
  • took
  • toughed it out
  • visited
  • waited
  • went
  • wore

absorbed

  • abated
  • abided
  • abode
  • accepted
  • acculturated
  • accustomed
  • acquiesced
  • alert
  • alive
  • all ears
  • allowed
  • allured
  • amalgamated
  • assimilated
  • ate
  • attentive
  • attracted
  • bankrupted
  • beguiled
  • bemused
  • bewitched
  • bided
  • blended
  • blent
  • blew
  • bode
  • bore
  • brooked
  • burned
  • burnt
  • busied
  • capitulated
  • captivated
  • caught up
  • charmed
  • co-opted
  • combined
  • commingled
  • conditioned
  • conscious
  • consumed
  • countenanced
  • crippled
  • de-escalated
  • debilitated
  • decreased
  • deep
  • deep in thought
  • depleted
  • devoured
  • diminished
  • disabled
  • dissipated
  • distracted
  • downsized
  • drained
  • drank
  • drew down
  • dried up
  • dwindled
  • embodied
  • emptied
  • enchanted
  • enculturated
  • endured
  • enfeebled
  • engaged
  • engrossed
  • enthralled
  • enwrapped
  • exhausted
  • expended
  • fascinated
  • fixed
  • focused
  • focussed
  • fused
  • gone
  • gripped
  • gulped
  • guzzled
  • habituated
  • hacked
  • handled
  • held
  • hogged
  • hypnotized
  • imbibed
  • immersed
  • impoverished
  • incorporated
  • integrated
  • intent
  • interested
  • intermingled
  • intrigued
  • involved
  • lavished
  • lessened
  • lived with
  • lost
  • lowered
  • merged
  • mesmerized
  • met
  • mingled
  • misspent
  • monopolized
  • naturalized
  • observant
  • obsessed
  • occupied
  • open-eyed
  • permitted
  • played out
  • pocketed
  • preoccupied
  • quaffed
  • ran out of
  • ran through
  • rapt
  • really into
  • reduced
  • respected
  • sapped
  • sipped
  • slurped
  • spent
  • sponged
  • squandered
  • stomached
  • stood
  • stood for
  • stuck out
  • suffered
  • supported
  • sustained
  • swallowed
  • sweat out
  • sweated out
  • swigged
  • swilled
  • threw away
  • tolerated
  • took
  • took up
  • toughed it out
  • undermined
  • up to here
  • used
  • used up
  • wasted
  • watchful
  • weakened
  • went
  • wide-awake
  • wore
  • wrapped-up

abused

  • a slave to
  • abandoned
  • aberrant
  • abject
  • abnormal
  • affronted
  • archaic
  • arid
  • aspersed
  • assailed
  • attacked
  • bad-mouthed
  • bashed
  • beat up on
  • belabored
  • belittled
  • berated
  • big yawn
  • blackguarded
  • blah
  • blasphemed
  • blasted
  • bled
  • browbeaten
  • brutalized
  • bullied
  • burdened
  • burned
  • burnt
  • castigated
  • chastised
  • cheated
  • chid
  • chided
  • colorless
  • commercialized
  • commodified
  • common
  • commonplace
  • contorted
  • corrupt
  • corrupted
  • cowed
  • criticized
  • crushed
  • cursed
  • dead
  • debased
  • debauched
  • defiled
  • degraded
  • depraved
  • desecrated
  • despairing
  • despoiled
  • destitute
  • deviant
  • deviating
  • disheartened
  • dismal
  • disparaged
  • dispirited
  • distorted
  • distressed
  • downcast
  • downtrodden
  • dreary
  • driveling
  • dry
  • enslaved
  • excoriated
  • execrated
  • exploited
  • familiar
  • flat
  • fleeced
  • foreign
  • fulminated
  • grotesque
  • hackneyed
  • harangued
  • harassed
  • harmed
  • harried
  • have-not
  • heavy
  • hectored
  • helpless
  • ho-hum
  • hoary
  • hopeless
  • humdrum
  • hurt
  • ill-treated
  • ill-used
  • impaired
  • imprecated
  • injured
  • insipid
  • insulted
  • intimidated
  • jejune
  • jerked around
  • kicked around
  • kinky
  • lambasted
  • leveraged
  • libeled
  • libelled
  • lit into
  • longwinded
  • maltreated
  • manhandled
  • manipulated
  • messed over
  • mid
  • milked
  • misapplied
  • misemployed
  • misguided
  • mishandled
  • mismanaged
  • mistreated
  • misused
  • molested
  • monotonous
  • monstrous
  • oft-repeated
  • oppressed
  • ordinary
  • out-of-date
  • outraged
  • overburdened
  • overcharged
  • overworked
  • persecuted
  • perverted
  • pimped
  • plain
  • pointless
  • polluted
  • potshot
  • profaned
  • prolix
  • prosaic
  • prostituted
  • prosy
  • put down
  • ravished
  • rebuked
  • rejected
  • repetitious
  • repetitive
  • reprimanded
  • reviled
  • routine
  • run-of-the-mill
  • sailed into
  • sandbagged
  • savaged
  • scathed
  • scolded
  • scorned
  • sick
  • skinned
  • slammed
  • slandered
  • slurred
  • soaked
  • soporific
  • stale
  • stock
  • stuck
  • stupid
  • subservient
  • suppressed
  • tainted
  • taken advantage of
  • tame
  • tedious
  • tied into
  • tired
  • tiresome
  • took apart
  • tormented
  • tortured
  • traded on
  • traduced
  • trashed
  • trite
  • twisted
  • tyrannized
  • underfoot
  • unhealthy
  • unimaginative
  • uninspiring
  • unnatural
  • used
  • usual
  • usual thing
  • vapid
  • vicious
  • victimized
  • vilified
  • violated
  • vitiate
  • vitiated
  • vituperated
  • walked on
  • warped
  • whipped
  • wicked
  • worked
  • worn-out
  • wronged
  • wrought

accepted

  • abided
  • abode
  • absorbed
  • acceded
  • acclaimed
  • accounted
  • accredited
  • accustomed
  • acknowledged
  • acquiesced
  • actual
  • adopted
  • advocated
  • agreed
  • allowed
  • applauded
  • approved
  • arrived at
  • assented
  • assumed
  • authorized
  • backed
  • believed
  • bided
  • bode
  • bore
  • bought
  • brooked
  • capitulated
  • card-carrying
  • ceremonial
  • ceremonious
  • certified
  • championed
  • chosen
  • commended
  • concluded
  • confirmed
  • consented
  • conventional
  • correct
  • countenanced
  • credited
  • current
  • customary
  • decorous
  • deduced
  • demonstrable
  • embraced
  • empiric
  • empirical
  • endorsed
  • endured
  • enjoyed
  • espoused
  • established
  • existential
  • experiential
  • experimental
  • factual
  • fashionable
  • favored
  • formal
  • formalistic
  • genteel
  • genuine
  • hacked
  • had
  • handled
  • hard
  • held with
  • in vogue
  • indisputable
  • indorsed
  • inferred
  • kosher
  • lauded
  • legit
  • liked
  • lived with
  • material
  • met
  • methodic
  • methodical
  • nice
  • normal
  • objective
  • observational
  • official
  • okayed
  • orderly
  • orthodox
  • passed
  • permitted
  • pocketed
  • polite
  • popular
  • praised
  • preferred
  • presumed
  • proper
  • provable
  • ratified
  • reaccepted
  • real
  • reassumed
  • received
  • recognized
  • recommended
  • regular
  • respectable
  • respected
  • ritual
  • ritualistic
  • routine
  • saluted
  • sanctioned
  • seemly
  • set store by
  • set store on
  • shouldered
  • standard
  • stomached
  • stood
  • stood by
  • stood for
  • straight
  • stuck out
  • suffered
  • supported
  • supposed
  • sustained
  • swallowed
  • sweat out
  • sweated out
  • systematic
  • time-honored
  • tolerated
  • took
  • took kindly to
  • took over
  • took up
  • toughed it out
  • touted
  • tried
  • tried-and-true
  • trusted
  • undeniable
  • understood
  • undertook
  • universal
  • unopposed
  • upheld
  • usual
  • verifiable
  • warranted
  • welcomed
  • went
  • went for
  • wore

came to grips with

  • addressed
  • bear
  • bite the bullet
  • brace
  • brave
  • brought off
  • carried off
  • carried out
  • commanded
  • confront
  • contend
  • controlled
  • cope with
  • directed
  • endure
  • engineered
  • face
  • fielded
  • finessed
  • go to the mat
  • got off
  • grapple with
  • guided
  • hacked
  • had a grip on
  • handled
  • jockeyed
  • make a stand
  • managed
  • maneuvered
  • manipulated
  • micromanaged
  • negotiated
  • played
  • pulled
  • ran
  • regulated
  • run
  • steered
  • stomach
  • suffer
  • sustain
  • swung
  • take
  • took
  • treated
  • withstand

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