Handicap
Handicap verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.
Nearby Words: handicapped, handicapping
Support
Support verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: sent reinforcements to support the troops deployed overseas
How words are described
| physical | physical handicap | physical support |
| real | real handicap | real support |
| massive | massive handicap | massive support |
| great | great handicap | great support |
| Other adjectives: little, necessary, new, major, additional, significant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Parody Sue: Harrison, who "tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper, tore straps guaranteed to support five thousand pounds." Political Correctness Gone Mad: The driving force of the work.
Source: Literature / Harrison Bergeron - General Ven Choi may be an excellent swordsman and may have landed a few hits on Valkor, but as a member of the Kel Dor species, being dependent on life-support is a major handicap.
Source: Reality Ensues / Fan Fic -
Unlike consoles like the Super Nintendo, the CD-i does not support sprite scaling or sprite rotation effects, which proved to be a handicap when developing the scrapped game "Super Mario's Wacky Worlds".
Source: Useful Notes / Philips CD-i
Cite this Source
Support and Handicap. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/handicap/support
Handicap & Support. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/handicap/support>.
Support or Handicap. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/handicap/support.
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