hands down

The phrase “hands down” has 2 syllables: hands down

It's pronounced as /hændz daʊn/


What is synonym and antonym for hands down?

In the thesaurus, “hands down” has 185 synonyms and 100 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for hands down

  • ably
  • adeptly
  • adroitly
  • advises
  • alienates
  • aliens
  • all right
  • alright
  • apparent
  • apprises
  • argues
  • assigns
  • assuredly
  • bequeaths
  • bestows
  • billboards
  • bills
  • blurbs
  • bulletins
  • by all means
  • by all odds
  • cedes
  • certainly
  • cheap
  • clear
  • clear-cut
  • clearly
  • commends
  • commits
  • communicates
  • competently
  • conceivably
  • confers
  • confirms
  • consigns
  • contributes
  • conveys
  • damn well
  • deeds
  • defends
  • definitely
  • deftly
  • delivers
  • dexterously
  • discloses
  • disseminates
  • distinct
  • divulges
  • donates
  • doubtless
  • downhill
  • easily
  • easy
  • efficiently
  • effortless
  • effortlessly
  • entrusts
  • evident
  • expertly
  • facile
  • facilely
  • features
  • fluent
  • fluently
  • fluid
  • for certain
  • for sure
  • forsooth
  • freely
  • gazettes
  • going away
  • grants
  • handily
  • hands over
  • idiotproof
  • imparts
  • in a breeze
  • in a walk
  • inarguably
  • incontestably
  • incontrovertibly
  • indeed
  • indisputably
  • informs
  • instinctively
  • intimates
  • introduces
  • intrusts
  • intuitively
  • justifies
  • kithes
  • knells
  • leases
  • leaves
  • lends
  • lets
  • light
  • lightly
  • likely
  • loans
  • makes over
  • manifest
  • manifests
  • masterfully
  • mindless
  • moves
  • naturally
  • no sweat
  • notifies
  • obvious
  • obviously
  • open-and-shut
  • painless
  • painlessly
  • palpable
  • passes
  • patent
  • perhaps
  • perseveres
  • perspicuous
  • pitches
  • plain
  • plainly
  • plugs
  • possibly
  • presents
  • probably
  • proficiently
  • promotes
  • puffs
  • quick
  • rationalizes
  • readily
  • ready
  • really
  • reasons
  • releases
  • relinquishes
  • rents
  • reports
  • reveals
  • rings
  • royal
  • shows
  • simple
  • skillfully
  • smooth
  • smoothly
  • snap
  • so
  • soft
  • spontaneously
  • spreads
  • straightforward
  • supports
  • sure
  • surely
  • surrenders
  • tolls
  • transfers
  • transmits
  • transparent
  • truly
  • trusts
  • turns in
  • turns over
  • unambiguous
  • unarguably
  • unchallenging
  • uncomplicated
  • undeniably
  • undoubtedly
  • unequivocal
  • unmistakable
  • unmistakably
  • unquestionably
  • upholds
  • vests
  • vindicates
  • well
  • wills
  • with both eyes closed
  • without a hitch
  • without ado
  • yields

Antonyms for hands down

  • abandons
  • abstruse
  • arduous
  • arduously
  • assiduously
  • awkwardly
  • burdensome
  • challenges
  • clumsily
  • complex
  • complicated
  • conceals
  • confutes
  • contradicts
  • counters
  • de-emphasizes
  • demanding
  • denies
  • difficult
  • diligently
  • disavows
  • disclaims
  • disowns
  • disproves
  • disputes
  • disregards
  • downplays
  • exacting
  • exhausting
  • expropriates
  • formidable
  • gainsays
  • gracelessly
  • grueling
  • gruelling
  • ham-handedly
  • hard
  • hardly
  • herculean
  • ignores
  • indefatigably
  • industriously
  • ineptly
  • intensely
  • intently
  • intricate
  • involved
  • killer
  • knotty
  • labored
  • laborious
  • laboriously
  • maladroitly
  • meticulously
  • mightily
  • minimizes
  • murderous
  • negates
  • negatives
  • neglects
  • onerous
  • oppressive
  • overlooks
  • painful
  • painfully
  • painstakingly
  • plays down
  • problematic
  • problematical
  • questions
  • rebuts
  • recalls
  • recants
  • recondite
  • refutes
  • rejects
  • repudiates
  • retracts
  • revokes
  • rough
  • sedulously
  • severe
  • silences
  • soft-pedals
  • stiff
  • strenuous
  • strenuously
  • stressful
  • suppresses
  • taxing
  • thoroughly
  • tirelessly
  • toilful
  • toilsome
  • tough
  • troublesome
  • underplays
  • understates
  • unskillfully
  • withholds

Meanings of hands down

  • adverb
    1. Without much effort; easily.
    2. Without question.
  • verb
    1. To transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor.
    2. To deliver (the decision of a court, etc.).
    3. To forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court).
    4. To donate (as second hand.).

Example Sentences

  • That was hands down the best performance I've ever seen.
  • She is hands down the most talented musician in the competition.
  • Hands down, this is the best pizza place in town.
  • The movie was hands down the funniest one I've watched this year.
  • It was hands down the easiest exam I've ever taken.

On this page you'll find 285 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hands down, such as: abandons, ably, abstruse, adeptly, adroitly, advises, alienates.

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

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  • inarguably
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easily

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easy

facilely

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  • abundantly
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  • agilely
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  • artfully
  • as one pleases
  • at once
  • at the drop of a hat
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  • calmly
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  • cunningly
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  • handily
  • hands down
  • immediately
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  • in no time
  • ingeniously
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  • well
  • willingly
  • with a free hand
  • with ease
  • with no effort
  • without a hitch
  • without ado
  • without delay
  • without demur
  • without difficulty
  • without encumbrance
  • without hesitation
  • without hindrance
  • without restraint
  • without stint
  • without trouble

radically

  • absolutely
  • abundantly
  • admittedly
  • all
  • all of
  • all over
  • altogether
  • assuredly
  • basically
  • by and large
  • categorically
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  • clean
  • cold
  • completely
  • copiously
  • dead
  • downright
  • enough
  • entire
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  • even
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  • fast
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  • flat
  • flat-out
  • forsooth
  • frankly
  • full
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  • fundamentally
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  • generously
  • greatly
  • hands down
  • heartily
  • honestly
  • indeed
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  • indubitably
  • largely
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  • more or less
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  • overall
  • perfectly
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  • positively
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  • stone
  • stone-cold
  • substantially
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  • through and through
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  • truly
  • truthfully
  • undoubtedly
  • unqualifiedly
  • unquestionably
  • utterly
  • verily
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  • well
  • wholly
  • wide

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