handling

The word “handling” has 2 syllables: hand-ling

It's pronounced as /ˈhændlɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for handling?

In the thesaurus, “handling” has 150 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for handling along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for handling

abiding
absorbing
accepting
acquiescing
addressing
administering
administrating
administration
aegis
agency
allowing
approach
bearing
biding
bossing
bringing off
brooking
capitulating
captaining
care
carrying off
carrying on
carrying out
charge
co-directing
co-managing
coadministration
codirecting
codirection
comanagement
comanaging
coming to grips with
commanding
conduct
conducting
considering
control
controlling
countenancing
custody
directing
direction
doing by
driving
egis
enduring
engineering
esteeming
fielding
finessing
generalship
getting off
going
governance
governing
government
guardianship
guarding
guidance
guiding
hacking
having a grip on
heading
intendance
jockeying
keeping
lap
leadership
leading
living with
logistics
machination
management
managing
maneuvering
manipulating
manipulation
meeting
micromanaging
minding
monitoring
negotiating
operating
operation
ordering
overlooking
overseeing
oversight
permitting
piloting
playing
plying
pocketing
presidency
protecting
protection
pulling
quarterbacking
rating
reckoning
regarding
regulating
regulation
reigning
respecting
riding herd on
rulership
ruling
running
safeguarding
safekeeping
serving
shepherding
showing
stage-managing
standing
standing for
steering
stewarding
stewardship
sticking out
stomaching
styling
suffering
superintendence
superintendency
superintending
supervising
supervision
supporting
sustaining
swallowing
sweating out
swinging
taking
tending
tolerating
toughing it out
treating
treatment
trust
tutelage
using
viewing
ward
watching
watching over
wearing
wielding
working

Antonyms for handling

avoiding
botching
bungling
bypassing
circumventing
combating
combatting
contesting
declining
dismissing
dodging
eluding
escaping
evading
fighting
foozling
forbearing
fumbling
lousing up
mishandling
mismanagement
missing
muffing
opposing
refusing
rejecting
repudiating
resisting
scamping
spurning
turning down

Meanings of handling

noun
1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
2. The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
3. A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
verb
1. To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
2. To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
3. To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
4. To manage, control, or direct.
5. To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
6. To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
7. To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
8. To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
9. To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
10. To use the hands.
11. To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
12. To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).

Example Sentences

The manager praised her for handling the difficult customer with such professionalism.
He received training on handling hazardous materials safely.
The new software improved the efficiency of handling customer inquiries.
She demonstrated excellent skills in handling multiple projects simultaneously.
Proper handling of the equipment is crucial to ensure it functions correctly.

On this page you'll find 181 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to handling, such as: abiding, absorbing, accepting, acquiescing, addressing, administering, administrating.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.