'Handicapped' definitions:

Definition of 'handicapped'

adjective

Incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness [syn: disabled, handicapped]

noun

People collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped; "technology to help the elderly and the disabled" [syn: disabled, handicapped]

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

Words containing 'Handicapped'

Handicap,
Handicapping,
handicapped person