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

Trump may gloat about the earnings, but that did nothing to address the very real national security concerns with handing our greatest adversary a leg up in the artificial intelligence race. — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

There’s an urge to preserve something sacred and ancient, to avoid handing everything over to our brightly lit, modern world. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

On Tuesday, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office Extradition Team assisted in bringing Randall back to California and handing him over to Elk Grove police detectives at the Sacramento International Airport. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Imagine handing a starving person money after years of hunger. — Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

The Oscars tried this in 2022, moving eight categories off the telecast, handing them out before the broadcast began. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Fishlock, Wales’s all-time leading scorer, scored the winner in the 85th minute as the Reign defeated Bay FC 3-2 Saturday night at PayPal Park, handing Bay another frustrating home loss. — Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026

That’s where the narrative has lost its proper focus this offseason, with the rallying cry for Reid to solve everything in the offense by just handing it off. — Sam McDowell 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Carter, who joked that the bill would have been worth $100 if Hurts had signed it, said the bill kept falling out of his pocket all day, and his teammates kept handing it back to him. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 30 July 2026