Synonyms of hand
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as in side 
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as in flank
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as in needle
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as in employe
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as in handwriting
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as in control
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as in possession
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as in assistance
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as in expert
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as in signature
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as in grasp
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as in enjoyment
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as in to provide
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as in to pass
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as in to leave
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as in provides
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as in passes
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as in leaves
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as in side
a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded
on the one hand, you would have more storage space in a larger house, but on the other, you would have more rooms to heat
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as in flank
a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or line
tall buildings rose on either hand nothing but wide open space on either hand
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as in employe
one who works for another for wages or a salary
the restaurant always hires several more hands for the busy summer season
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as in handwriting
the form or style of a particular person's writing
writes with a flowing, old-fashioned hand
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as in control
usually hands plural
the ability to direct the course of something
the final decision is in your hands
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as in possession
hands plural
the fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal
I'd like to get my hands on that vintage Cadillac convertible
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as in assistance
an act or instance of helping
the downstairs tenant gave us a hand getting the heavy dresser up the stairs
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as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
once she got her own place, the young woman showed that she was quite a hand at interior decoration
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as in signature
a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consent
the subpoena required a lawyer's hand
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as in to provide
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption
was happy to hand her grandmother's cookie recipes to the parish ladies to put in their cookbook
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as in to leave
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
handed me her bundles while she fished for her house keys
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as in grasp
the ability to direct the course of something
the final decision is in your hands
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as in enjoyment
the fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal
I'd like to get my hands on that vintage Cadillac convertible
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as in provides
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption
was happy to hand her grandmother's cookie recipes to the parish ladies to put in their cookbook
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as in passes
to shift possession of (something) from one person to another
the clerk handed her the receipt
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as in leaves
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
handed me her bundles while she fished for her house keys
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Recent Examples of hand
Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Grab a dumbbell with the opposite hand while keeping your back straight and shoulders level.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
Johnson then had a lengthy discussion with MLB’s replay office in New York before handing the bat to an authenticator sitting near the Yankees dugout.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Their fate lies in the hands of Judge Edward Chen, who has been overseeing that lawsuit.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
Emmie hands things off to Art—AI that helps clinicians.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The board placed the task of arts grants distribution into the hands of the Parks and Culture Committee and decided to transition its distribution formula to one that divided the total pot of arts funding allocated in the county budget equally among all qualified groups, Tarantino said.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Grab a dumbbell with the opposite hand while keeping your back straight and shoulders level.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Chiefs were short-handed Friday.
—Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
Johnson then had a lengthy discussion with MLB’s replay office in New York before handing the bat to an authenticator sitting near the Yankees dugout.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
Both Lebanon and Syria are emerging from devastating sectarian conflicts, foreign interference, and destruction at the hands of the Iranian regime and non-state actors who prioritized extremist ideology above all.
—semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Their fate lies in the hands of Judge Edward Chen, who has been overseeing that lawsuit.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
But Democrats should hold off on gleefully penciling in 2028 as the year AI hands them the keys to the White House in perpetuity.
—Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
Emmie hands things off to Art—AI that helps clinicians.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hand
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“Hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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