handy

1. 1.

   United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)

   SynonymsW. C. HandyWilliam Christopher Handy

   Broadercomposer

Other forms of handy

plural

handies·

comparative or superlative

handier

comparative or superlative

handiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about handy

What does handy mean?

handy means "easy to reach". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in handy?

handy has 2 syllables: han-dy. The stress falls on "han". In IPA it is /ˈhændi/.

What is another word for handy?

Close synonyms include ready to hand, W. C. Handy, William Christopher Handy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is handy a common word?

handy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.