handout

The word “handout” has 2 syllables: hand-out

It's pronounced as /ˈhændˌaʊt/


What is synonym and antonym for handout?

In the thesaurus, “handout” has 116 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for handout

  • admeasure
  • administer
  • advertisement
  • aid
  • allocate
  • allot
  • allow
  • alms
  • apportion
  • appropriate
  • assign
  • assistance
  • award
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • benevolence
  • bestow
  • bestowal
  • bonus
  • booklet
  • boon
  • box
  • brochure
  • care package
  • catalog
  • catalogue
  • charity
  • chip in
  • circular
  • circulate
  • comp
  • contribute
  • contribution
  • courtesy
  • disburse
  • dish out
  • dispense
  • disperse
  • disseminate
  • distribute
  • divide
  • dodger
  • dole
  • dole out
  • donate
  • donation
  • donative
  • fairing
  • favor
  • flier
  • flyer
  • flysheet
  • folder
  • foy
  • free meal
  • freebee
  • freebie
  • furnish
  • generosity
  • gift
  • giveaway
  • grant
  • gratuity
  • guidebook
  • handbill
  • handbook
  • handsel
  • how-to
  • instructions
  • issue
  • lagniappe
  • largess
  • largesse
  • leaflet
  • lot
  • manual
  • oblation
  • offering
  • pamphlet
  • paperback
  • paperbound
  • part
  • philanthropy
  • pledge
  • pocket book
  • portion
  • present
  • presentation
  • prize
  • propine
  • proportion
  • prorate
  • provide
  • ration
  • reallocate
  • reapportion
  • redistribute
  • relief
  • remembrance
  • reward
  • sacrifice
  • scatter
  • set
  • share
  • shopper
  • split
  • spread
  • subsidy
  • supply
  • throwaway
  • tip
  • tithe
  • tract
  • tribute
  • valentine
  • windfall

Antonyms for handout

  • begrudge
  • decline
  • deny
  • disallow
  • forfeit
  • loss
  • misallocate
  • pinch
  • refuse
  • reject
  • skimp
  • stint
  • withhold

Meanings of handout

  • noun
    1. A worksheet, leaflet, or pamphlet that is given out (usually by hand) for a certain use.
    2. A gift to the poor or needy.
    3. A gift, something obtained without effort.

Example Sentences

  • The teacher gave each student a handout with the key points of the lesson.
  • He relied on government handouts to support his family during difficult times.
  • Please review the handout before the meeting tomorrow.
  • The conference provided a handout with a schedule and speaker bios.
  • She refused to take a handout, preferring to work for her own income.

On this page you'll find 129 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to handout, such as: admeasure, administer, advertisement, aid, allocate, allot, allow.

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

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cablecast

  • ad
  • advert
  • advertisement
  • advertising
  • announcement
  • annunciation
  • ballyhoo
  • bill
  • billboard
  • billing
  • blurb
  • boost
  • broadcast
  • broadside
  • brochure
  • buildup
  • bulletin
  • campaign
  • circular
  • come-on
  • commercial
  • communication
  • declaration
  • dispatch
  • edict
  • flier
  • fly sheet
  • flyer
  • gazette
  • handbill
  • handout
  • message
  • newscast
  • notice
  • notification
  • pitch
  • placard
  • playbill
  • plug
  • plugola
  • poster
  • posting
  • proclamation
  • promo
  • promotion
  • promulgation
  • pronouncement
  • pronunciamento
  • propaganda
  • publicity
  • release
  • report
  • rescript
  • show bill
  • sign
  • signification
  • spot
  • telecast
  • word

facilitation

  • abetment
  • advancement
  • advice
  • aid
  • assist
  • assistance
  • assuagement
  • attendance
  • attention
  • backing
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • benefit
  • boost
  • care
  • charity
  • collaboration
  • comfort
  • compensation
  • cooperation
  • counsel
  • encouragement
  • favor
  • forwarding
  • furtherance
  • furthering
  • guidance
  • hand
  • hand-holding
  • handout
  • help
  • helping hand
  • kindness
  • leg up
  • lift
  • mentoring
  • nurturance
  • palliation
  • patronage
  • philanthropy
  • promotion
  • reinforcement
  • relief
  • service
  • sponsorship
  • succor
  • support
  • sustenance

fairing

  • allowance
  • alms
  • award
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • benefit
  • benevolence
  • bequest
  • bestowal
  • bonus
  • boon
  • bounty
  • box
  • care package
  • charity
  • comp
  • contribution
  • courtesy
  • dispensation
  • dole
  • donation
  • donative
  • dowry
  • endowment
  • favor
  • foy
  • freebee
  • freebie
  • generosity
  • gift
  • giveaway
  • goodie
  • grant
  • gratuity
  • hand
  • hand-me-down
  • handout
  • handsel
  • honorarium
  • lagniapp
  • lagniappe
  • largess
  • largesse
  • legacy
  • libation
  • oblation
  • offering
  • offertory
  • philanthropy
  • pittance
  • premium
  • present
  • presentation
  • prize
  • propine
  • provision
  • ration
  • relief
  • remembrance
  • remittance
  • reward
  • sacrifice
  • souvenir
  • subscription
  • subsidy
  • tax benefit
  • tax write-off
  • tip
  • tithe
  • token
  • tribute
  • valentine
  • windfall
  • write-off

lagniappe

  • alms
  • award
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • benevolence
  • bequest
  • bestowal
  • bonus
  • boon
  • bounty
  • box
  • care package
  • charity
  • comp
  • contribution
  • courtesy
  • cumshaw
  • dividend
  • dole
  • donation
  • donative
  • dowry
  • extra
  • fairing
  • favor
  • foy
  • freebee
  • freebie
  • fringe benefit
  • generosity
  • gift
  • giveaway
  • grant
  • gratuity
  • gravy
  • gravy train
  • handout
  • handsel
  • icing
  • largess
  • largesse
  • legacy
  • manna
  • oblation
  • offering
  • pension
  • perk
  • perquisite
  • philanthropy
  • premium
  • present
  • presentation
  • prize
  • propine
  • remembrance
  • reward
  • sacrifice
  • subsidy
  • throw-in
  • tip
  • tithe
  • tribute
  • valentine
  • windfall

palliative

  • abatement
  • absolution
  • account
  • acquittal
  • advocacy
  • aid
  • alky
  • allayment
  • alleviating
  • alleviation
  • amelioration
  • amendatory
  • anesthetic
  • anodyne
  • answer
  • antidotal
  • antidote
  • apologia
  • apology
  • appeasement
  • approval
  • argument
  • assistance
  • assuagement
  • balm
  • balsamic
  • basis
  • beneficial
  • benign
  • booze
  • break
  • breather
  • calming
  • canned heat
  • cheer
  • cocktail
  • comfort
  • comforting
  • confirmation
  • consolation
  • consolatory
  • consoling
  • contentment
  • cop-out
  • corrective
  • cosmetic
  • counteracting
  • cream
  • curative
  • cure
  • cure-all
  • defense
  • deliverance
  • demulcent
  • diminished responsibility
  • disciplinary
  • diversion
  • drink
  • ease
  • easement
  • easing
  • elixir
  • embrocation
  • emendatory
  • ethanol
  • exculpation
  • exoneration
  • explanation
  • extenuation
  • extenuative
  • extrication
  • firewater
  • fix
  • good point
  • grounds
  • hand
  • handout
  • happiness
  • hard stuff
  • harmless
  • healing
  • healthful
  • healthy
  • help
  • helpful
  • hootch
  • hypnotic
  • idea
  • innocuous
  • inoffensive
  • intoxicant
  • lenitive
  • letup
  • lift
  • lightening
  • liniment
  • liquor
  • maintenance
  • medicinal
  • medicine
  • methanol
  • mitigation
  • mollification
  • mollifying
  • moonshine
  • narcotic
  • nonfatal
  • nonlethal
  • nonpoisonous
  • nontoxic
  • nonvenomous
  • ointment
  • opiate
  • pacifier
  • pacifying
  • palliation
  • panacea
  • partial excuse
  • penal
  • plea
  • point of character
  • preparation
  • pretext
  • punitive
  • qualification
  • quick fix
  • rationale
  • rationalization
  • reassuring
  • rebuttal
  • rectifier
  • red-eye
  • reformatory
  • refreshment
  • rehabilitative
  • relaxing
  • release
  • relief
  • relieving
  • remedial
  • remedy
  • remedying
  • remission
  • reply
  • reprieve
  • respite
  • response
  • rest
  • restfulness
  • restorative
  • rotgut
  • salubrious
  • salutary
  • salve
  • salving
  • sanctification
  • satisfaction
  • sauce
  • security blanket
  • sedative
  • smoke
  • softening
  • solace
  • solution
  • song and dance
  • soother
  • soporific
  • spirits
  • story
  • succor
  • support
  • sustenance
  • therapeutic
  • therapy
  • tipple
  • toddy
  • tranquilizer
  • tranquilizing
  • tranquillizer
  • unguent
  • validation
  • vindication
  • warming
  • warrant
  • wash
  • whatfor
  • wherefore
  • whitewashing
  • whole idea
  • wholesome
  • why and wherefore

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