HAND-TO-HAND Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

hand-to-hand

adjective

Definition of hand-to-hand

as in close-in

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as in physical

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Recent Examples of hand-to-hand There is a weird intimacy to hand-to-hand combat and the brutality of it. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 In a video released on Wednesday, FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau had partnered with the UFC, putting roughly 300 federal agents through hand-to-hand combat training ahead of UFC Freedom 250. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2026 In the spirit of the franchise, the action isn’t relegated to hand-to-hand combat and stealth. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 22 May 2026 In season 18 of KUWTK, Kourtney and Kim, while lounging around at Khloé’s house, get into a tiff over work ethic that somehow turns into hand-to-hand struggling. — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hand-to-hand

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Adjective

Michigan is one of a handful of states that does not grant an 18-year-old a general close-in-age exemption for attempting to have sex with a 15-year-old.

— Daniel LaChance, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
Split-ticket test Democrats have spent years chipping away at Republican dominance in Atlanta’s close-in suburbs.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of close-in

Adjective

Read Full Review Designed to tie in the five elements and the five senses, this Greek idyll is built into a mountain and has a large spherical pool as its physical and spiritual center.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
There is humiliation here, claustrophobia, physical vulnerability and an intimacy that occasionally brushes against the erotic.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of physical

Adjective

This is a boutique hotel with large, comfortable rooms, a top-notch stone pool, and a convenient location in the heart of Vail Village.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The 4-in-1 Adjustable Car Charger features USB-C and USB-A ports plus 36-inch retractable USB-C and Lightning cables for convenient, clutter-free charging.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of convenient

Adjective

Wearables Are Driving Sleep Health News in 2026 The somatic movement is running parallel to a surge in sleep tracking.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
The study did not test broader lifestyle interventions such as somatic exercises, and researchers stress that more work is needed to determine whether improving sleep can actually reduce hemorrhoid risk or severity.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of somatic

Adjective

Each room has a sumptuous oversized bed, a desk for working, and an array of handy bathroom products ready for guests to use.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Equipped with a handy strap for crossbody wear, the viral hit can hold a 10-inch tablet, has zipper closure, and will appear dashing alongside your trench coat lineup.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of handy

Adjective

The tension between intellectual certainty and its corporeal obverse is the novel’s most interesting possibility, yet its campus plot repeatedly narrows into a question of who deserves our sympathy.

— Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Editor Cam McLauchlin never cuts them into mere blitzes of limbs and blood, though DP Katelin Arizmendi’s acidic palette of yellows, greens and corporeal streaks of red does lend the realism a kind of pop-art splendor.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of corporeal

Adjective

Vegetable Oils Vegetable and seed oils are some of the richest non-animal dietary sources of CoQ10.

— Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 16 July 2026
Computer models and other non-animal testing methods still aren’t the best available science, critics contend.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026

Definition of animal

Adjective

McKinsey was charged in Alameda County with one count of cruelty to a child and corporal injury to a child, both misdemeanors.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Hickerson, 37, was convicted in 2021 of two felony counts of corporal injury to a spouse/cohabitant after pleading no contest in a domestic violence case in which Panettiere was a victim.

— Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of corporal

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