Interglot - "handicap": Synonyms in English

Summary

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handicap:
- impediment; disability; handicap; physical defect; check; hindrance; deterrent; balk; hinderance; baulk; disablement; impairment
- handicap
- invalid; incapacitate; handicap; disable; hamper; hinder

English

Detailed Synonyms for handicap in English

the handicap
the impediment; the disability; the handicap
- impediment [the ~] nom
- disability [the ~] nom
- handicap [the ~] nom
the handicap
the physical defect; the disability; the handicap
- physical defect [the ~] nom
- disability [the ~] nom
- handicap [the ~] nom
the handicap

– advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning ¹
the handicap
– advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning ¹
- handicap [the ~] nom
the handicap

– something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress ¹
the check; the impediment; the hindrance; the handicap; the deterrent; the balk; the hinderance; the baulk
– something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress ¹
- check [the ~] nom
- impediment [the ~] nom
- hindrance [the ~] nom
- handicap [the ~] nom
- deterrent [the ~] nom
- balk [the ~] nom
- hinderance [the ~] nom
- baulk [the ~] nom
the handicap

– the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness ¹
the disability; the handicap; the disablement; the impairment
– the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness ¹
- disability [the ~] nom
  - reading disability¹
- handicap [the ~] nom
- disablement [the ~] nom
- impairment [the ~] nom
  - hearing impairment¹

advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning¹
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress¹
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness¹
injure permanently¹
put at a disadvantage¹
attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant¹