SINGLE-HANDED Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

single-handed

adverb

Definition of single-handed

as in independently

without aid or support she was adamant that if she was expected to do the project single-handed, she should not have to share the credit afterward

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Israel has barred foreign journalists from independently reporting in Gaza since the start of the war.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Stunt designed to showcase agility, not AI rebellion Despite alarming many viewers at first glance, the viral video does not show a humanoid robot experiencing a software failure or acting independently.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026

Definition of independently

Adverb

Take every precaution to never leave young children and pets alone in vehicles, especially in extreme heat when car interiors can quickly become hazardous.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026
Producers of corn and wheat, which rely heavily on fertilizer, can spend around a third of their operating costs on fertilizer alone.

— Joe Hernandez, NPR, 3 July 2026

Definition of alone

Adverb

That legal issue is separately working its way up to the high court.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 July 2026
Police said urgent search measures were carried out against the two men in connection with the Monaco attack, during which the active intelligence officer separately confessed to the murder of Berezovska.

— Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of separately

Adverb

Davis almost single-handedly forced the perennially high mortality rate in Sheriff’s Office jails onto the front burner of the public agenda, authoring a series of exposés first in the pages of CityBeat and later in the Union-Tribune.

— Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2026
Their search leads them to Dort, a robot alien who has been sent to Earth to single-handedly take over the planet.

— Parents, Parents, 1 July 2026

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