Synonyms of handing

handing

verb

present participle of hand

1

as in providing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• providing
• giving
• supplying
• distributing
• feeding
• delivering
• furnishing
• handing over
• dispensing
• administering
• allocating
• assigning
• transferring
• apportioning
• plying (with)
• dealing (out)
• ceding
• portioning
• doling out
• deeding
• prorating
• meting (out)
• parceling (out)
• making over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holding (back)
• retaining
• keeping (back)
• maintaining
• preserving
• reserving
• saving
• withholding
• conserving
• keeping up

2

as in passing

to shift possession of (something) from one person to another

the clerk handed her the receipt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• passing
• transferring
• reaching
• giving
• carrying
• bucking
• handing over
• relaying
• handling
• delivering
• releasing
• surrendering
• relinquishing
• rendering
• yielding
• bearing
• ceding
• pawing
• fingering
• turning over
• giving up

3

as in leaving

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

handed me her bundles while she fished for her house keys

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaving
• transferring
• entrusting
• giving
• delegating
• delivering
• passing
• relinquishing
• granting
• transmitting
• recommending
• commending
• loaning
• trusting
• committing
• consigning
• confiding
• reposing
• distributing
• assigning
• submitting
• conferring
• vesting
• bequeathing
• lending
• turning over
• handing over
• dividing
• supplying
• dispensing
• giving over
• surrendering
• dispersing
• dealing (out)
• releasing
• furnishing
• yielding
• willing
• turning in
• advancing
• handing down
• handing in
• handing on
• recommitting
• retransmitting
• redelivering
• retransferring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• reserving
• receiving
• withholding
• owning
• possessing
• accepting
• taking
• detaining
• holding back
• occupying
• taking in
• taking over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of handing

Instead, Sayegh got creative by, for example, handing through car doors fresh popcorn and candy to families pulling up at her front door to be consumed at home. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026

In just his second-ever postseason start, Rasmussen struck out 10 and walked two before handing the ball over to closer Bryan Baker for the save. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026

Leaders and countless citizens in both political parties worry these surveillance systems are handing too much power to authorities to invade our privacy, trace our whereabouts, and stomp on our civil liberties. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

The people who thrive will be the ones who can hold a commercial conversation and a technical one in the same meeting without handing either off. — Abhishek Yadav, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Engineers also had to decide what to test on the spacecraft before handing it over to the launch provider, Northrop Grumman. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026

The Sparrows’ survival under Nazi questioning depended on the Hungarians handing them over to law-respecting German military officers, rather than the murderous Gestapo. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Operators deployed them in sequence before handing control to their onboard autonomous systems. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026

Amazon took creative control of the Ian Fleming spy franchise in 2025, handing the keys to a new team that will decide not only who plays 007, but what the next era looks like. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026