'Handicapped' definitions:
Definition of 'handicapped'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Handicapped'
From: GCIDE
- Handicap \Hand"i*cap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handicapped (-k[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Handicapping.] To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Handicapped'
From: GCIDE
- Handicapped \Hand"i*capped\ (h[a^]nd"[i^]*k[a^]pt), a. suffering from a handicap (in senses 4 or 5); disabled; at a disadvantage. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'handicapped'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amputee,
- bad,
- castrated,
- cripple,
- crippled,
- defective,
- deformity,
- disabled,
- emasculated,
- game,
- halt,
- halting,
- hamstrung,
- handicapped person,
- hobbling,
- idiot,
- imbecile,
- incapable,
- incapacitated,
- lame,
- limping,
- maimed,
- paralytic,
- paraplegic,
- quadriplegic,
- spavined,
- the crippled,
- the handicapped