handicap

handicap is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like.
2. noun. A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
3. noun. An old game at cards.
4. transitive verb. To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped.
5. noun. advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning
6. noun. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

   Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, hinderance, hindrance, impediment

7. noun. the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

   "reading disability"

   "hearing impairment"

   Synonyms: disability, disablement, impairment

8. verb. injure permanently

   "He was disabled in a car accident"

   Synonyms: disable, incapacitate, invalid

9. verb. put at a disadvantage

   "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements"

   Synonyms: hamper, hinder

10. verb. attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant

Synonyms

balk, baulk, check, deterrent, hinderance, hindrance, impediment, disability, disablement, impairment, disable, incapacitate, invalid, hamper, hinder

Common word forms

handicaps, handicapped, handicapper, handicapping

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