Word Meanings - HANDY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel. (more info) hendig , fr. hand hand; akin to D. handig, Goth. handugs 1. Performed by the hand. To draw up and come to handy strokes. Milton. 2. Skillful in using the hand; dexterous;

Additional info about word: HANDY

Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel. (more info) hendig , fr. hand hand; akin to D. handig, Goth. handugs 1. Performed by the hand. To draw up and come to handy strokes. Milton. 2. Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit. "Each is handy in his way." Dryden. 3. Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HANDY)

• Adept
• Expert
• adroit
• handy
• master
• performer
• professor
• artist
• Adroit
• Handy
• skillful
• dexterous
• expert
• proficient
• clever
• Compendious
• Condensed
• concentrated
• brief
• short
• succinct
• concise
• abridged
• commodious
• convenient
• useful
• comprehensive
• compact
• Convenient
• apt
• adapted
• fitted
• suitable
• helpful
• timely
• seasonable
• opportune
• Ready
• Prompt
• alert
• expeditions
• speedy
• unhesitating
• skilful
• facile
• easy
• prepared
• disposed
• willing
• free
• cheerful
• compliant
• responsive
• quick

Related words: (words related to HANDY)

• PROFESSORY
  Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. Bacon.
• WILLOWER
  A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
• DISPOSEMENT
  Disposal. Goodwin.
• SKILFUL
  See SKILFUL
• PROMPT-BOOK
  The book used by a prompter of a theater.
• SKILLFUL
  1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as,
• COMPREHENSIVENESS
  The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope. Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. Addison.
• PROFESSORIALISM
  The character, manners, or habits of a professor.
• ARTISTE
  One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook. Note: This term should not be confounded with the English word artist.
• DISPOSURE
  1. The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction. Give up My estate to his disposure. Massinger. 2. Disposition; arrangement; position; posture. In a kind of warlike disposure. Sir H. Wotton.
• PROFESSORIAT
  See PROFESSORIATE
• EXPERT
  Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery. A valiant and most expert
• COMMODIOUSLY
  In a commodious manner. To pass commodiously this life. Milton.
• ADAPTABLE
  Capable of being adapted.
• DISPOSITED
  Disposed. Glanvill.
• SHORT-WITED
  Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
• WILLING
  1. Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready. Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. Acts xxiv. 27. With wearied
• MASTERSHIP
  1. The state or office of a master. 2. Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority. Where noble youths for mastership should strive. Driden. 3. Chief work; masterpiece. Dryden. 4. An ironical title of respect. How now, seignior Launce ! what
• QUICKEN
  1. To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb. The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies. Ray. And keener lightnings quicken in her
• MASTEROUS
  Masterly. Milton.
• CREMASTERIC
  Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
• CAUSEFUL
  Having a cause.
• BAGGAGE MASTER
  One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.
• CHARTIST
  A supporter or partisan of chartism.
• ENQUICKEN
  To quicken; to make alive. Dr. H. More.
• IMPREPARATION
  Want of preparation. Hooker.
• SWILLINGS
  See 1
• TOASTMASTER
  A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.