HANDY Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

handy

adjective

ˈhan-dē

Definition of handy

as in convenient

situated within easy reach keeps a box of tissue handy whenever she watches Romeo and Juliet on her home theater

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as in skilled

skillful with the hands handy with a needle and thread

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Recent Examples of handy Since the 1960s, cesium has been the element of choice, though clocks based on other metals, such as ytterbium or strontium, have been created for their own handy attributes. — New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026 With plenty of options to choose from, ten double-your-winning wagers will come in handy from Caesars Sportsbook. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 That speaker tech definitely would’ve come in handy 36 years ago. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 23 Sep. 2026 Atari wore elephant-print pants and a purple wizard’s cloak, and kept handy a face mask emblazoned with the words what if love wins? — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for handy

Recent Examples of Synonyms for handy

Adjective

Featuring convenient magnet-close pockets, so your belongings stay secure while remaining easily accessible.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Best Things to Do West Jefferson makes a convenient base for exploring some of the North Carolina High Country’s best fall scenery, with mountain trails, waterfalls, and scenic overlooks all within reach.

— Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of convenient

Adjective

When an accident occurs on a steep part of the road, police and emergency services wait until skilled climbers arrive.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Beyond its locations and skilled crews, the city brings together the connections, accommodation, infrastructure and specialist services needed to organize a complex production.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of skilled

Adjective

Ask whether teachers are fully licensed in Arkansas and accessible to students on a daily basis.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
Its rural nature — isolated from the rest of the country and with many of its communities accessible only by air or water — breeds a self-reliance.

— Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of accessible

Adjective

Luckily, Amazon’s fitness section is loaded with clever devices to make home workouts fun, engaging, and a little sweaty.

— Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026
There are some genuinely clever ideas on display, including space-saving furniture, transforming interiors, and ways of opening the home up to the outdoors.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of clever

Adjective

The system is also capable of using radio frequencies to find the pilot of a drone and alert police to their exact location.

— Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
If true, this means the nation is now capable of continuing to extend the lifespan of valuable spacecraft in space.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of capable

Adjective

But be that guy that can be skillful, a bruiser, fast and tough.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026
As Musashi scrambles through a school of Samurai, the game seamlessly bounces between skillful swordplay, rowdy improvisation, and Looney Tunes-style levity.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of skillful

Adjective

Magpies are opportunistic scavengers, incredibly cunning and deceitful and capable of calculated deception.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026
Last week, Alan Cumming’s cunning competition empire The Traitors unsheathed its most diabolical twist yet.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of cunning

Adjective

Often a parent hears a child speaking English with friends or siblings and assumes the child is already proficient and has exited the program, Villarreal said.

— Emily Woodruff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
The most technically proficient person in the room is not always the most valuable.

— Cuong Nguyen Cao, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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