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Main Entry: handicap
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disadvantage

Synonyms:

affliction, baggage, barrier, block, burden, detriment, disability, drawback, encumbrance, hangup, hindrance, impairment, impediment, injury, limitation, load, millstone, obstacle, psychological baggage, restriction, shortcoming, stumbling block

Antonyms:

advantage, benefit, help
Main Entry: handicap
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: advantage

Synonyms:

bulge, edge*, favor, head start, odds, penalty, points, start, upper hand, vantage

Antonyms:

disadvantage, drawback, impairment, limitation, restriction, shortcoming
Main Entry: handicap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give disadvantage

Synonyms:

burden, cripple, encumber, hamper, hamstring, hinder, hog-tie, hold back, impede, limit, put out of commission, restrict, sideline, take out*

Antonyms:

aid, assist, benefit, further, give advantage, help, promote
Main Entry: Achilles' heel
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: vulnerability

Synonyms:

chink in the armor, deficiency, frailty, handicap, soft underbelly, susceptibility, weakness
Main Entry: barrier
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: obstruction to goal

Synonyms:

bar, check, difficulty, drawback, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, limitation, obstacle, pale, preventive, restraint, restriction, stumbling block

Antonyms:

opening
Main Entry: burden
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: encumber, strain

Synonyms:

afflict, bear down on, bother, crush, cumber, depress, dish it out, dish out, dump on, encumber, give it to, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, lade, load, make heavy, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, saddle with, snow under, snow*, stick it to, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry

Antonyms:

aid, help, relieve
Main Entry: care
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: personal interest, concern

Synonyms:

affliction, aggravation, alarm, anguish, annoyance, anxiety, apprehension, bother, burden, chagrin, charge, consternation, discomposure, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturbance, encumbrance, exasperation, fear, foreboding, fretfulness, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, incubus, load, misgiving, nuisance, onus, oppression, perplexity, pressure, responsibility, solicitude, sorrow, stew, strain, stress, sweat, tribulation, trouble, uneasiness, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry

Antonyms:

carelessness, disregard, ignorance, inattention, neglect, negligence, oversight, thoughtlessness
Main Entry: complicate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confuse, make difficult

Synonyms:

add fuel to fire, bedevil, clog, combine, confound, convolute, derange, disarrange, disorder, elaborate, embroil, entangle, fold, foul up, handicap, impede, infold, interfuse, interrelate, interweave, involve, jumble, make intricate, make waves, mix up, muck up, muddle, multiply, obscure, open can of worms, perplex, ravel, render unintelligible, screw up, snafu, snag, snarl up, tangle, twist, upset

Antonyms:

disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, make simple, untangle
Main Entry: cramp
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hinder, restrain

Synonyms:

bottle up, box up, check, circumscribe, clamp, clasp, clog, confine, constrain, coop up, encumber, fasten, grip, hamper, hamstring, handicap, impede, inhibit, limit, object, obstruct, restrict, shackle, stymie, thwart

Antonyms:

allow, let go, release
Main Entry: detriment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disadvantage

Synonyms:

damage, disability, disservice, drawback, handicap, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, liability, loss, marring, mischief, prejudice, spoiling

Antonyms:

advantage, assistance, benefit, gain, help, profit
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