old hand

Questions about old hand

What is another word for old hand?

It depends which old hand you mean. In the sense “an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service”, the synonyms are veteran, old-timer, oldtimer, warhorse, old stager, stager. Across all 1 sense there are 6 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of old hand?

WordNet records no antonym for old hand. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for old hand come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of old hand

• Full entry for old handAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for old handWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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