Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "hands" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

gloves sockpuppets

Capable Of

articulate catch balls cup ball cup chin cup face cup water press paper sign language soft tear paper tear piece of paper touch wall turn knobs use hankerchiefs to blow nose

Derived Terms

hands-free handsfree handsy look Ma, no hands piano four hands quiet hands

Desires

hold book to read

Inflected/Variant Forms

hand

Has Part

fingers relationship with computer keys

Has Property

very useful

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

force guardianship keeping personnel safekeeping

Type Of (IsA)

body parts guardianship instrumental organs

Synonym Network

work force

Used For

create pottery create sand castle do many things form dance get up things hold things pick things up play drum touching things

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.