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.

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

Related Words

dabbed

  • anointed
  • applied
  • bedaubed
  • besmeared
  • blanketed
  • brushed
  • carpeted
  • chucked
  • clapped
  • clapt
  • clasped
  • clenched
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  • coated
  • covered
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  • handled
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  • laid
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  • mantled
  • overlaid
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  • palmed
  • palpated
  • palped
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  • plastered
  • pounded
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  • sheeted
  • skimmed
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hacked

  • abided
  • abode
  • absorbed
  • accepted
  • acquiesced
  • addressed
  • afraid
  • aghast
  • all in
  • allowed
  • antsy
  • apprehensive
  • basket case
  • beat
  • bent
  • bent out of shape
  • beside oneself
  • bided
  • bleary
  • bode
  • boiling
  • bore
  • brooked
  • brought off
  • browned off
  • buffaloed
  • bugged
  • bummed out
  • burned out
  • burned up
  • butterflies
  • came to grips with
  • capitulated
  • careful
  • carried off
  • carried out
  • choked
  • clutched
  • commanded
  • concerned
  • controlled
  • corybantic
  • countenanced
  • crazed
  • dead
  • dead tired
  • demented
  • depleted
  • desperate
  • directed
  • disquieted
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • dogged
  • dragging
  • dreading
  • effete
  • endured
  • engineered
  • enraged
  • exasperated
  • far-gone
  • fearful
  • fidgety
  • fielded
  • fierce
  • finessed
  • fit to be tied
  • foaming at the mouth
  • frantic
  • frenetic
  • frenzied
  • fretful
  • fuming
  • furious
  • got off
  • guided
  • had a grip on
  • handled
  • hopping mad
  • hot and bothered
  • huffy
  • hyper
  • in a state
  • in a tizzy
  • in a towering rage
  • in suspense
  • incensed
  • indignant
  • infuriated
  • insane
  • irate
  • ireful
  • irrational
  • jittery
  • jockeyed
  • jumpy
  • lived with
  • livid
  • mad
  • maddened
  • managed
  • maneuvered
  • maniac
  • manipulated
  • met
  • micromanaged
  • miffed
  • negotiated
  • nervous
  • nervy
  • overwrought
  • peeved
  • permitted
  • played
  • pocketed
  • pooped
  • pulled
  • rabid
  • rage
  • raging
  • ran
  • regulated
  • respected
  • restless
  • riled
  • rousted
  • rubbed the wrong way
  • run
  • scared
  • shaking
  • shaky
  • shivery
  • shook-up
  • shot to pieces
  • smoking
  • solicitous
  • spent
  • spooked
  • steamed
  • steamed up
  • steered
  • stomached
  • stood
  • stood for
  • strung-out
  • stuck out
  • suffered
  • supported
  • sustained
  • swallowed
  • sweat out
  • sweated out
  • sweating bullets
  • swung
  • taut
  • tolerated
  • took
  • toughed it out
  • treated
  • troubled
  • uneasy
  • unglued
  • unquiet
  • unreasonable
  • up in arms
  • uptight
  • vehement
  • vicious
  • violent
  • washed-out
  • watchful
  • weary
  • went
  • wiped-out
  • wired
  • wore
  • worn-out
  • worried sick
  • wrathful
  • wreck

had a grip on

machinated

  • arranged
  • brewed
  • captained
  • colluded
  • commanded
  • compassed
  • concerted
  • concluded
  • concocted
  • conducted
  • connived
  • conspired
  • contrived
  • counterplotted
  • designed
  • devised
  • directed
  • engineered
  • finagled
  • finessed
  • framed
  • gerrymandered
  • hammered out
  • handled
  • hatched
  • intrigued
  • jockeyed
  • laid out
  • managed
  • maneuvered
  • manipulated
  • mapped
  • masterminded
  • negotiated
  • planned
  • plotted
  • put up
  • quarterbacked
  • ran
  • run
  • schemed
  • shaped
  • wangled
  • worked out

quarterbacked

  • administered
  • bossed
  • captained
  • commanded
  • controlled
  • directed
  • governed
  • guided
  • handled
  • headed
  • managed
  • monitored
  • ordered
  • overlooked
  • oversaw
  • ran
  • reigned
  • rode herd on
  • ruled
  • run
  • shepherded
  • showed
  • steered
  • superintended
  • supervised
  • watched over

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