| 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: | handicapped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thwarted |
Synonyms: |
balked, blocked, burdened, checked, crippled, curbed, deterred, disabled, disadvantaged, encumbered, foiled, hampered, impeded, limited, mentally disabled, obstructed, physically challenged, physically disabled, restrained, restricted, stymied, wounded |
Antonyms: |
aided, helped, supported |
| 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: | 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: | crippled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disabled |
Synonyms: |
bedridden, broken, damaged, defective, deformed, enfeebled, game, gimp, halt, hamstrung, handicapped, harmed, hog-tied, housebound, impaired, incapacitated, laid up, lame, maimed, mangled, marred, mutilated, out of commission, paralyzed, sidelined |
Antonyms: |
healthy, walking |
| Main Entry: | disable |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | render inoperative; cripple |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, batter, blunt, damage, debilitate, disarm, disenable, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring, handicap, harm, hock, hogtie, hurt, immobilize, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh, knock out, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, pinion, prostrate, put out of action, render incapable, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, shoot down, spoil, take out*, throw monkey wrench in, total*, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unstrengthen, weaken, wreck |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, enable, help, improve |
| Main Entry: | disabled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incapacitated |
Synonyms: |
broken-down, confined, decrepit, disarmed, hamstrung, handicapped, helpless, hurt, incapable, infirm, laid-up, lame, maimed, out-of-action, out-of-commission, paralyzed, powerless, run-down, sidelined, stalled, weakened, worn-out, wounded, wrecked |
Antonyms: |
able, healthy |
| Main Entry: | disadvantaged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underprivileged |
Synonyms: |
deprived, discriminated against, handicapped, hindered, impaired, impoverished, poor |
Antonyms: |
privileged, prosperous, rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | encumber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, burden |
Synonyms: |
block, charge, clog, cramp, discommode, embarrass, hamper, handicap, hang up, hinder, hog-tie, hold up, impede, incommode, inconvenience, lade, load, make difficult, obstruct, oppress, overburden, overload, retard, saddle, saddle with, slow down, tax, trammel, weigh down, weight |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, help |