full-handed
Gripping multiple items
Full-handed means having one's hands full, either literally or figuratively.
Someone full-handed with grocery bags can't open a door.
The word also describes being well-staffed or adequately resourced: We're finally full-handed for the holiday rush.
In card games, full-handed means holding a complete hand.
Supplied with necessities
- suppliedGave what was required
- stockedFilled with goods
- outfittedSupplied with gear
- armedCarrying weapons
furnished · prepared · geared · ready · resourced · loaded · fortified · provided
Having learned ability
- adeptHighly capable, well-versed
- proficientHaving practiced ability
- competentSufficiently able, qualified
- dexterousPhysically skilled, agile
accomplished · able · masterful · expert · talented · versatile · adroit · practiced
Transferring to another
- liberalOpen to reform
- openhandedGiving freely, ungrudgingly
- bountifulPlentiful and generous
- munificentExtravagantly generous in giving
lavish · unstinting · magnanimous · charitable · beneficent · freehanded · philanthropic · benevolent
provisioned
Supplied with necessities
armed · furnished · prepared · geared · ready · resourced · loaded · fortified · provided · endowed
skilled
Having learned ability
- adeptHighly capable, well-versed
- proficientHaving practiced ability
- competentSufficiently able, qualified
dexterous · accomplished · able · masterful · expert · talented · versatile · adroit · practiced · efficient
giving
Transferring to another
- liberalOpen to reform
- openhandedGiving freely, ungrudgingly
- bountifulPlentiful and generous
munificent · lavish · unstinting · magnanimous · charitable · beneficent · freehanded · philanthropic · benevolent · big-hearted
overwhelmed
Defeated by sheer volume
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- encumberedMade difficult to move
laden · carrying · juggling · stretched · taxed · strained · loaded · saddled · inundated · overburdened
full-handedempty-handed
Possessing nothing to show
free-handed · hands-free · bare-handed · unburdened · unencumbered
full-handedshort-handed
Lacking sufficient personnel
shorthanded · undermanned · understaffed · short-staffed · bare-bones
full-handedtight-fisted
Unwilling to spend freely
close-fisted · empty-handed · stingy · miserly · parsimonious
full, hand, handed, fully, fullness, fuller, fullest, hands, handy