Synonyms & Antonyms : Handy





Handy



( Adjective )


Do not throw the plastic bag away. That may come in handy.

Synonyms:

Skilled

Skilful

Accessible

Available

Useful

Adopt

Expert

Adroit

Proficient

Dexterous

Ready

Close

Near

Convenient

Contextual Examples:

It is better to pay more to a skilled man than exploring an unskilled man.

The mason did a skilful job in building this wall.

Sanjay was an expert driver that is why he escaped the accident.

Most of the political leaders in our country are adroit speakers.

Her dexterous fingers moved effortlessly over the key board of this computer.

The children are close to each other in age.

The parking lot is convenient to the office.

Although she is a proficient typist, she takes little interest is her work.

Some of the nearer branches caught fire.

Keep your dress ready because we can start form here any time.



Antonyms:

Unskilled

Unskillful

Bungling

Clumsy

Unhandy

Awkward

Inept

Maladroit

Useless

Contextual Examples:

This factory will do better if it were to replace unskilled workers by trained mechanics.

He claimed proficiency on machines, but his handling of this machine seems unskillful.

The new management is bungling with the whole mechanism of the production process.

The cartoon was very awkward.

This book is full of information but it is useless as a GMAT guide.

The function became a failure maladroit handling of the whole affair.




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