All handle synonyms
hanΒ·dle
H h verb handle
- manage β to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- use β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- work β Henry Clay, 1832β84, U.S. songwriter.
- supervise β to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- serve β to act as a servant.
- play β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- utilize β to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- treat β to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- conduct β When you conduct an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out.
- govern β to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- operate β to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- discuss β to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- deal with β When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
- sell β to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- try β to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
- test β Zoology. the hard, protective shell or covering of certain invertebrates, as echinoderms or tunicates.
- check β Check is also a noun.
- control β Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- administer β If someone administers something such as a country, the law, or a test, they take responsibility for organizing and supervising it.
- maneuver β a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- dispense β to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
- wield β to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
- direct β to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- ply β British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.
- command β If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
- steer β to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- swing β to play (music) in the style of swing.
- bestow β To bestow something on someone means to give or present it to them.
- apply β If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- advise β If you advise someone to do something, you tell them what you think they should do.
- dominate β to rule over; govern; control.
- guide β to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
- retail β the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- trade β the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- market β an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
noun handle
- knob β a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- shaft β a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- stem β science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, considered as a group of academic or career fields (often used attributively): degree programs in STEM disciplines; teaching STEM in high school.
- holder β something that holds or secures: a pencil holder.
- ear β the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- crank β If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
- grasp β to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- bail β Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial in a law court. If the arrested person does not attend it, the money will be lost.
- arm β Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end.
- stock β a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- handgrip β the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- hilt β the handle of a sword or dagger.