Synonyms of the word

handling

• n. A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
• n. (art) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
• n. A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
• v. present participle of handle.

direction

• n. A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination.
• n. An general trend for future action.
• n. Guidance, instruction.
• n. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
• n. (archaic) An address.

management

• n. (uncountable, management) Administration; the process or practice of managing.
• n. (management) The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
• n. (uncountable) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.

manipulation

• n. The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
• n. The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.
• n. The management of some situation, especially for one’s own advantage.
• n. The usage of psychological influence over a person or situation to gain an outcome.

touch

• v. Primarily physical senses.
• v. Primarily non-physical senses.
• v. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
• v. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
• v. (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
• v. To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
• v. To perform, as a tune; to play.
• v. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
• n. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
• n. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
• n. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
• n. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
• n. A little bit; a small amount.
• n. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
• n. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
• n. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
• n. (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
• n. (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
• n. (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
• n. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
• n. (obsolete) A brief essay.
• n. (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
• n. (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
• n. (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument…
• n. (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion…
• n. The children's game of tag.
• n. (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
• n. (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
• n. (Britain, plumbing, dated) tallow.

touching

• v. present participle of touch.
• adj. Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
• n. The act by which something is touched.

treatment

• n. The process or manner of treating someone or something.
• n. Medical care for an illness or injury.
• n. The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.
• n. (countable) A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject.
• n. (countable, film) A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film.
• n. (obsolete) entertainment; treat.