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hand
Synonyms and Antonyms of hand
- 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.
air, appearance, character, color, complexion, condition, face, look, semblance, shape, state, visage
outlook, perspective, position, posture, shoes, slant, stance, standpoint, view, viewpoint
interpretation, reading, rendering, translation, version
article, case, component, count, detail, dimension, element, factor, instance, item, matter, part, particular, point, regard, respect
- Tall buildings rose on either hand.
- nothing but wide open space on either hand
- The restaurant always hires several more hands for the busy summer season.
assistant, cog, flunky (also flunkey), subordinate, underling, yes-man
drudge, grub, hack, jobber, laborer, toiler
nine-to-fiver, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwoman
- writes with a flowing, old-fashioned hand
- The final decision is in your hands.
- I'd like to get my hands on that vintage Cadillac convertible.
- The downstairs tenant gave us a hand getting the heavy dresser up the stairs.
- Once she got her own business, the young woman showed that she was quite a hand at making money.
ace, adept, artist, authority, cognoscente, connoisseur, crackerjack (also crackajack), expert, fiend, geek, guru, hotshot, maestro, master, maven (also mavin), past master, scholar, shark, virtuoso, whiz, wizard
- The subpoena required a lawyer's hand.
hand
Synonyms and Antonyms of hand
- His parents handed him a number of used household items for his first apartment.
- The clerk handed her the receipt.
- Mom handed me her bundles while she fished for her house keys.
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