Synonyms for handy
ˈhæn dihandy

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1. handyadjective

   Nearby, within reach.

   You wouldn’t have a screwdriver handy, would you?

   Synonyms:
   at hand

2. handyadjective

   dexterous, skilful

   She's very handy - she made all her own kitchen cupboards.

   Synonyms:
   crafty

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1. handy

   Skilful signifies possessing and using readily practical knowledge and ability, having alert and well-trained faculties with reference to a given work. One is adept in that for which he has a natural gift improved by practise; he is expert in that of which training, experience, and study have given him a thorough mastery; he is dexterous in that which he can do effectively, with or without training, especially in work of the hand or bodily activities. In the case of the noun, "an expert" denotes one who is "experienced" in the fullest sense, a master of his branch of knowledge. A skilled workman is one who has thoroughly learned his trade, though he may be naturally quite dull; a skilful workman has some natural brightness, ability, and power of adaptation, in addition to his acquired knowledge and dexterity. Compare CLEVER; DEXTERITY; POWER.

   Synonyms:
   accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, clever, deft, dexterous, expert, happy, ingenious, practised, proficient, skilful, skilled, trained

   Antonyms:
   awkward, bungling, clumsy, helpless, inexpert, maladroit, shiftless, unhandy, unskilled, untaught, untrained

   Preposition:
   Skilful at or in a work, with a pen or tool of any kind.

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1. handy

   Synonyms:
   near, convenient, useful, helpful, manageable, dexterous, ready, expert

   Antonyms:
   remote, inconvenient, awkward, useless, cumbrous, unwieldy, unhandy

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1. Handy, W. C. Handy, William Christopher Handyadjective

   United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)

   Antonyms:
   maladroit, inconvenient, unaccessible, inaccessible

2. handy, ready to hand(p)adjective

   easy to reach

   "found a handy spot for the can opener"

   Antonyms:
   inaccessible, maladroit, inconvenient, unaccessible

3. handyadjective

   easy to use

   "a handy gadget"

   Synonyms:
   ready to hand(p)

   Antonyms:
   inconvenient, unaccessible, maladroit, inaccessible

4. handyadjective

   skillful with the hands

   "handy with an axe"

   Synonyms:
   ready to hand(p)

   Antonyms:
   inconvenient, maladroit, inaccessible, unaccessible

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1. handyadjective

   Synonyms:
   dexterous, adroit, ready, expert, skilful, skilled, clever

2. handyadjective

   Synonyms:
   convenient, near, at hand, close at hand

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1. handyadjective

   Synonyms:
   dexterous, adroit, ready, convenient

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1. List of paraphrases for "handy":

   useful, practice, practical, helpful, convenient

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1. Howard Means:

   Terry Norman is in a sense the second gunman on the grassy knoll ... He's been kind of a handy bogeyman or a red herring.

2. Daily Star:

   FREE Do whatever the hell you want and sod everybody else mask, wear this handy Dom face covering and you'll get away with murder.

3. Ruzica Barbaric:

   It will come in handy, I have a small pension. But if I got billions, it could not pay for what we went through, the law and the compensation are worth nothing if the perpetrators continue to walk free. I want them to answer for their crimes, to say why they came to Vukovar to kill and rape.

4. Douglas Emhoff:

   She spends days thinking about the menu, grinding her own pepper, driving all over town just to find that one ingredient that we need, i've gotten pretty handy in the kitchen as her sous-chef.

5. Wendy Sherman:

   That skill set came in handy, you have to see all the parts in front of you. You really learn how to understand people.