Handle and Match

Handle

Handle verb - To deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently.

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Match and handle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Match" instead a verb "Handle".

Nearby Words: hand, handled, handling, handler, handhold

Match verb - To be the exact counterpart of.

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Handle and match are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Handle" instead a verb "Match".

Nearby Words: matched, matching, matcher

good	good handle	good match
long	long handle	long match
better	better handle	better match
current	current handle	current match
Other adjectives: friendly, straight, actual, real, big, intense, little, professional, online.

power	handle power	match power
rest	handle rest	match rest
situation	handle situation	match situation
time	handle time	match time
Other words: way, characters, fight, powers, weapons.

In the pre-match cutscene before fighting Saiki in The King of Fighters XIII, Saiki killed Mukai when the latter requests to let him handle the fighters instead.

Source: Kick The Dog / Video Games
In "Videogame, Set, Match," Yolanda initially wants Ryan to handle the parking at her "graduation" party, but she soon changes her mind and has Fausta do it instead.

Source: Series / Go On
Color-Coded Characters: Each of the characters has a color to match their handle.

Source: Video Game / no-one has to die.

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Match and Handle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/handle/match

Handle & Match. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/handle/match>.

Match or Handle. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/handle/match.

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