Synonyms for handle
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : han-dl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæn dl |
Top 10 synonyms for handle Other synonyms for the word handle
- advise
- appellation
- apply
- arm
- bail
- behave toward
- bestow
- byname
- byword
- call the signals
- cognomen
- command
- cope with
- crank
- cut the mustard
- deal in
- denomination
- designation
- direct
- dispense
- dominate
- ear
- exploit
- feel
- finger
- fondle
- get a handle on
- grasp
- guide
- hack it
- haft
- handgrip
- helve
- hilt
- hold
- holder
- knob
- make out
- make the grade
- maneuver
- manipulate
- market
- maul
- moniker
- name
- nomen
- offer
- operate
- palpate
- paw
- pick up
- play
- ply
- poke
- retail
- run things
- sell
- serve
- shaft
- sobriquet
- steer
- stem
- stock
- style
- supervise
- swing
- take
- test
- thumb
- tiller
- title
- trade
- traffic in
- treat
- try
- use
- utilize
- wield
- work
Définition of handle
Origin :- Old English handle, formed from hand (n.) with instrumental suffix -le indicating a tool in the way thimble was formed from thumb. The slang sense of "nickname" is first recorded 1870, originally U.S., from earlier expressions about adding a handle to (one's) name, i.e. a title such as Mister or Sir, attested from 1833. To fly off the handle (1833) is a figurative reference to an ax head (to be off the handle "be excited" is recorded from 1825, American English). To get a handle on "get control of" is first recorded 1972.
- noun something to grip
- noun nickname
- verb touch
- verb manage, take care of
- verb carry as merchandise
- The question, he said, was one for a responsible Ministry alone to handle.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- This tassel is for catching the blood and preventing it from greasing the handle.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Cool enough to handle and then remove the skin and the roots.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- They are "safe, because they are too filthy to handle, and too noisome even to approach."
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- Something was wrong; it would not turn; she drew it out and tried the handle.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- In this machine, the barrel was fitted with a crank, and rotated by handle.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- Upon which door the turnkey knocked with the handle of his key.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- The man turned the handle of the Break of Day door, and limped in.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Slowly and sadly she crossed the room and turned the handle of the door.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- It had died down and left him competent as ever to handle the scene.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
Antonyms for handle
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