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hands-down

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of hands-down

involving minimal difficulty or effort

  • after all that worrying, the game for the championship turned out to be a hands-down win
Synonyms of hands-down

cheap, downhill, easy, effortless, facile, fluent, fluid, light, painless, ready, royal, simple, smooth, snap, soft
Words Related to hands-down

idiotproof, mindless, quick, straightforward, unchallenging, uncomplicated

apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, transparent, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable
Near Antonyms of hands-down

burdensome, exhausting, onerous, oppressive, painful, stressful, taxing, troublesome

abstruse, complex, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty, problematic (also problematical), recondite
Antonyms of hands-down

arduous, demanding, difficult, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, herculean, killer, labored, laborious, murderous, rough, severe, stiff, strenuous, toilful, toilsome, tough

hands down

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of hands down

1 without any question

  • she is hands down the most gifted musician in the class
Synonyms of hands down

all right, alright, assuredly, certainly, clearly, definitely, doubtless, easily, forsooth, inarguably, incontestably, incontrovertibly, indeed, indisputably, plainly, really, so, sure, surely, truly, unarguably, undeniably, undoubtedly, unquestionably
Words Related to hands down

conceivably, likely, perhaps, possibly, probably

obviously, unmistakably
Phrases Synonymous with hands down

by all means, by all odds, damn well, for certain, for sure

2 without difficulty

  • she'll win the dancing competition hands down
Synonyms of hands down

easily, easy, effortlessly, facilely, fluently, freely, handily, lightly, painlessly, readily, smoothly, well
Words Related to hands down

ably, adeptly, adroitly, competently, deftly, dexterously, efficiently, expertly, masterfully, proficiently, skillfully

instinctively, intuitively, naturally, spontaneously
Phrases Synonymous with hands down

in a breeze, no sweat [slang], without ado, without a hitch
Near Antonyms of hands down

awkwardly, clumsily, gracelessly, ham-handedly, ineptly, maladroitly, unskillfully

meticulously, painfully, painstakingly, thoroughly

assiduously, diligently, indefatigably, industriously, intensely, intently, mightily, sedulously, tirelessly
Antonyms of hands down

arduously, hardly, laboriously, strenuously

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