handlike

Resembling grasping digits

Resembling a hand in shape or function: the handlike leaves of a maple, an octopus's handlike tentacles.

The word describes things with finger-like projections or grasping capability.

palmate

webbed

Connected by membrane

splayed · fingered · spread · fan-shaped · branching · leaflike

prehensile

grasping

Greedy for wealth

tentacle · appendage · clinging · curling · coiling · flexible · opposable · tactile · wrapping · entwining

robotic

prosthetic

Manufactured body substitute

articulated · gripper · manipulator · servo · animatronic · robotic · synthetic · artificial

anatomical

knuckled

Struck with finger joints

bony · skeletal · padded · calloused · nailed · clawed · thumbed · palmed

Opposites
appendage type

handlikefootlike

Resembling a foot

pedal · hooflike · flipperlike · finlike · clawlike

prehensility/function

handlikehooflike

Resembling hard animal feet

clublike · stumplike · paddlelike · ungrasping

Phrases
Family

handling

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G