handicaps
Burdens slowing competitors
Handicaps are disadvantages imposed or conditions that limit someone's ability to compete equally.
In sports like golf and horse racing, a handicap is an adjustment—extra strokes or weight—meant to equalize competition between unequal participants.
More broadly, anything that puts you at a disadvantage handicaps you: Her lack of experience was a real handicap.
The verb means to impose such a disadvantage or to predict outcomes: handicapping the election.
As a term for physical or mental disabilities, handicap has fallen out of favor, replaced by "disability" in most contexts.
Diminished function or capacity
- accessibilityEase of approach
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- autismNeurodevelopmental processing difference
paraplegia · quadriplegia · deafness · blindness · amputation · dyslexia · inclusion · adaptation
Heavy objects for lifting
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- greyhoundSleek, fast-running breed
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- equalizationMaking things uniform
impost · lead · ballast · allowance · claiming · stakes · graded · conditions
Initial competitive advantage
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- strokesGentle touches, swimming styles
- pointsUnits of tally
- equalizerWhat evens things out
concession · adjustment · compensation · offset · leveling · fairness · parity · balance
Gentle touches, swimming styles
- parExpected stroke count
- coursePlanned path forward
- ratingAssigned evaluative score
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
index · bogey · scratch · differential · adjustment · USGA · equitable · allowance
Obstruction preventing passage
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- hurdleBarrier to leap over
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- limitationBound on extent
constraint · restriction · disadvantage · burden · encumbrance · obstruction · stumbling-block · setback
impairment
Diminished function or capacity
- accessibilityEase of approach
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
autism · paraplegia · quadriplegia · deafness · blindness · amputation · dyslexia · inclusion · adaptation · rehabilitation
weights
Heavy objects for lifting
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- greyhoundSleek, fast-running breed
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
equalization · impost · lead · ballast · allowance · claiming · stakes · graded · conditions · leveling
headstart
Initial competitive advantage
equalizer · concession · adjustment · compensation · offset · leveling · fairness · parity · balance · spot
strokes
Gentle touches, swimming styles
slope · index · bogey · scratch · differential · adjustment · USGA · equitable · allowance · posting
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- hurdleBarrier to leap over
- hindranceBarrier to progress
limitation · constraint · restriction · disadvantage · burden · encumbrance · obstruction · stumbling-block · setback · drawback
- golfgolf, golf club, golf clubs, golf ball, golf balls
- horse racingthoroughbred, horse racing, racehorse, flat race, horses
- Yachtingyacht racing, yacht clubs, regattas, sailboats, sailing vessels
- sports bettingodds, bets, bookmaker, bet, sportsbook
- game balancenerfs, buffs, patches, meta, overpowered
- Gogo, white stones, stones, stone, liberties
handicapsadvantages
Favorable factors or conditions
edges · benefits · assets · upper hands · leg ups
handicapsabilities
Powers to perform
capabilities · talents · strengths · capacities · faculties
- handicapped parkingReserved spots for disabled drivers
- handicapped spacesReserved spots for disabled drivers
- handicap accessible
- handicap rampInclined surface for mobility aids
- handicap spotReserved space for impaired drivers
- handicap spaceReserved spot for mobility-impaired
handicap, handicapped, handicapping, handicapper, handicappers