handbook

Noun

Meaning

A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

vade mecum encyclopedia enchiridion guide manual companion compendium guidebook instruction manual reference manual bible codex almanac encyclopaedia ABCs
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Antonyms

break enemy disorder ignorance apprentice hindrance
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Hypernyms

reference reference book reference work book of facts

Hyponyms

bible guide manual guidebook reckoner ready reckoner

Related terms

bookie

Phrases with the word

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Examples

The Koran on the table before you, is a handbook for terrorists. Blood drips from its pages. It calls for perpetual war against non-believers. That Koran before you is the hunting permit for millions of Muslims. A license to kill. Geert Wilders

There is no handbook about how a career is going to go. Gary Cole

It was very difficult when I was trying to figure out how to have a marriage and babies and do this at the same time. There was no handbook. You were making it up as you went along. Pat Benatar

The culture at Valve is pretty much crowdsourced. The handbook is a wiki. One of the first things we say to new hires is, 'You have to change something in the handbook.' Gabe Newell

It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along. Nathan Lane

Conservatives have long argued, correctly, that 'fine-tuning' the economy is a chimera, but that argument seems to have disappeared from the conservative handbook. Alex Tabarrok

Close letter words and terms

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