Groups and collections
Synonyms for hand
Synonyms for hand: deal, give, mitt and toss. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 4 synonyms for hand
Interchangeable with hand, one per sense
Audited under hand's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one hand carries in that sense.
- dealnoun, in the sense "the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time"
- giveverb, in the sense "place into the hands or custody of"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name hand as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
two of these come from hand's own entries in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
He kept trying to see my hand.
hand in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The dealer paused, waiting for the slow player across the table to check his hand.
- She folded early, tired of bluffing with a hand that held nothing worth betting on.
How it behaves: In this sense hand is a countable noun usually paired with a possessive and verbs like see, show, or hold, common in casual spoken description of card games.
The true synonym
deal
Same sentence, swapped: He kept trying to see my deal.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- script
- paw
- set
place into the hands or custody of
Hand me the spoon, please.
hand in 2 more sentences, same sense
- Please hand the mechanic that wrench from the toolbox behind you.
- At the border, travelers must hand their passports to the officer before crossing.
How it behaves: In this sense, hand typically appears in a double-object construction, as in hand someone something, and fits informal, everyday spoken instructions.
The true synonym
give
Same sentence, swapped: Give me the spoon, please.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot hand is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- change
- watch
- body
Opposites, in this sense
withhold, keep and retain reverse hand as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of hand takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- withhold
- keep
- retain
Where hand turns up in the game
hand is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where hand is the trap
- flushverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is purge, in the sense "rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid", so hand is there to be ruled out.
Play hand
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hand reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because groups and collections is the company hand keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. hand carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.