handicap

Word Type

n.

handicap Meaning Definition

An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like.

Synonyms for handicap

Derby,Kentucky Derby,Preakness Stakes,abnormality,acute disease,affection,affliction,ailment,allergic disease,allergy,allowance,atrophy,bacterial disease,bale,bar,barrier,bear hard upon,birth defect,blight,block,bulge,burden,burdening,burthen,cardiovascular disease,cargo,charge,charging,chase,check,chronic disease,circulatory disease,complaint,complication,condition,congenital defect,constraint,cramp,cripple,cross,cumber,cumbrance,curb,damage,deadweight,deadwood,defect,deficiency disease,deformity,degenerative disease,detriment,difficulty,disability,disable,disadvantage,disease,disorder,distemper,drag,drawback,edge,embarrass,embarrassment,encumber,encumbrance,endemic,endemic disease,endocrine disease,enmesh,ensnarl,entangle,entoil,entrammel,entrap,entwine,epidemic disease,fetter,flat race,freight,functional disease,fungus disease,gastrointestinal disease,genetic disease,hamper,hamstring,handicap race,harm,harness race,head start,hereditary disease,hinder,hindrance,hobble,horse race,hurdle race,hurt,iatrogenic disease,illness,impairment,impede,impediment,impedimenta,imposition,inconvenience,incubus,incumbency,indisposition,infectious disease,infirmity,injury,involve,lade,lading,lame,liability,lime,limit,limitation,load,loading,loss,loss of ground,lumber,malady,malaise,millstone,mischief,morbidity,morbus,muscular disease,net,neurological disease,nutritional disease,obstacle,occupational disease,odds,onus,oppress,oppression,organic disease,overburden,overhand,overload,overtax,overtaxing,overweight,overweighting,pack,pandemic disease,pathological condition,pathology,penalize,penalty,plant disease,plate race,prejudice,press down,press hard upon,pressure,protozoan disease,psychosomatic disease,punish,purse race,quarter-horse race,respiratory disease,rest hard upon,restrain,restraint,restrict,restriction,rockiness,saddle,saddle with,saddling,secondary disease,seediness,shackle,sickishness,sickness,signs,snarl,stake,stake race,start,steeplechase,step backward,stumbling block,superincumbency,surcharge,sweep,sweepstake,sweepstakes,symptomatology,symptomology,symptoms,syndrome,tangle,tax,taxing,the pip,toil,trammel,trotting race,trouble,urogenital disease,vantage,virus disease,wasting disease,weigh down,weigh heavy on,weigh on,weigh upon,weight,white elephant,worm disease

Synonym Search Links for handicap

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