Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun backhander

1 sense of backhander

Sense 1
backhander -- (a backhanded blow)
       => blow -- (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head")

Antonyms of adj backhand

2 senses of backhand

Sense 1
backhand (prenominal) (vs. forehand), backhanded -- ((of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke)

forehand(prenominal) (vs. backhand), forehanded -- ((of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke)

Sense 2
backhand, left-slanting -- ((of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward)

INDIRECT (VIA written) -> spoken -- (uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken")

Similarity of adj backhand

2 senses of backhand

Sense 1
backhand (prenominal) (vs. forehand), backhanded -- ((of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke)

Sense 2
backhand, left-slanting -- ((of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward)
       => written (vs. spoken) -- (set down in writing in any of various ways; "written evidence")