Synonyms of the word

handicap

• n. Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
• n. An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest…
• n. (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages…
• n. A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage,…
• n. (obsolete, card game) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.
• v. (transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
• v. (transitive, by extension) To place at disadvantage.
• v. To estimate betting odds.

advantage

• n. (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to…
• n. (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other…
• n. (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit.
• n. (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
• n. (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team…
• n. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
• v. (transitive) To provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to.
• v. (reflexive) To do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of.

balk

• n. An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
• n. (archaeology) the wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
• n. beam, crossbeam.
• n. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
• n. A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
• n. (sports) deceptive motion; feint.
• v. (archaic) To pass over or by.
• v. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
• v. (obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
• v. To stop, check, block.
• v. To stop short and refuse to go on.
• v. To refuse suddenly.
• v. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to thwart.
• v. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
• v. To leave or make balks in.
• v. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
• v. To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

baulk

• n. (Britain) Alternative spelling of balk.
• n. (Britain) In billiards, the area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially…
• v. (Britain) Alternative spelling of balk.

bias

• n. (countable, uncountable) inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference,…
• n. (countable, textiles) the diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
• n. (countable, textiles) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress)…
• n. (electronics) a voltage or current applied for example to a transistor electrode.
• n. (statistics) the difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value,…
• n. (sports) In the game of crown green bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it…
• n. (fandom slang) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
• v. (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
• adj. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
• adj. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
• adv. In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.

check

• n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
• n. An inspection or examination.
• n. A control; a limit or stop.
• n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
• n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
• n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
• n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
• n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
• n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
• n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
• n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• n. A small chink or crack.
• v. To inspect; to examine.
• v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
• v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
• v. To control, limit, or halt.
• v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
• v. To leave in safekeeping.
• v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
• v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
• v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
• v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
• v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
• v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
• v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
• v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
• v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
• v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
• v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
• v. To act as a curb or restraint.
• v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
• n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

deterrent

• adj. Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.
• n. Something that deters.

difficulty

• n. The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
• n. An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
• n. Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning.

disability

• n. State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual,…
• n. A mental condition causing a difficulty with an intellectual task.
• n. Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
• n. (uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.

disable

• v. (transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of.
• v. (chiefly of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
• v. to deactivate a function of an electronical or mechanical device.
• adj. (obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.

disablement

• n. (formal) The action of disabling or the state of being disabled.

disadvantage

• n. A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con.
• n. A setback or handicap.
• n. Loss; detriment; hindrance.
• v. (transitive) To place at a disadvantage.

disfavor

• n. US spelling of disfavour.
• v. US spelling of disfavour.

disfavour

• n. The state of being out of favour.
• n. An unkindness; a disobliging act.
• v. To show lack of favour or antipathy towards.

hamper

• n. A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals;…
• v. (transitive) To put into a hamper.
• v. (transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion…
• n. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
• n. (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.

hinder

• v. (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle.
• v. (transitive) To keep back; to delay or impede; to prevent.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause harm.
• adj. Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.
• adj. comparative form of hind: more hind.
• n. (slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.

hinderance

• n. Archaic spelling of hindrance.

hindrance

• n. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
• n. The state or act of hindering something.

impairment

• n. The result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part…
• n. (accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.

impediment

• n. A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

incapacitate

• v. (transitive) to make incapable (of doing something).

injure

• v. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
• v. (transitive) To damage or impair.
• v. (transitive) To do injustice to.

invalid

• adj. Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
• n. (dated, sometimes offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.
• n. (dated, sometimes offensive) A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or…
• n. (archaic) A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.
• adj. Intended for use by an invalid.
• v. (Britain) To exempt from duty because of injury or ill health.

softness

• n. The quality of being soft.

unfitness

• n. The characteristic of being unfit or ill-suited.
• n. The characteristic of being unfit or out of physical shape.

vantage

• n. An advantage.
• n. A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
• n. A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
• n. (dated, tennis) Alternative form of advantage (score after deuce).
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To profit; to aid.

wound

• n. An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
• n. (figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
• n. (criminal law) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
• v. (transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
• v. (transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings).
• v. simple past tense and past participle of wind.