Reverse Dictionary: HANDY

ADJECTIVES
1300 — GAIN handy, expert, skilful, deft, dexterous; workmanlike → Eng. dial.
1300 — QUEME fit, fitting, suitable; convenient, handy; near at hand, close → obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
1485 — HABILE having general readiness; handy, ready; skilful, deft, adroit, dexterous
1530 — HANDSOME handy, ready at hand, convenient, suitable → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1530 — TALL OF HIS HANDS ready, active, deft, skilful with one’s hands; dexterous, handy → obs.
1691 — GAINY expert,  handy → Eng. dial.
1703 — LUCKY of a person: useful, handy → obs.
1724 — FAIRDIE — FAIRDY clever, handy → Sc.
1725 — HANTY convenient, handy → Sc. obs.
..19C — NACKETY ingenious; handy; expert in doing any piece of work: applied to one who can turn his hand to anything → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1837 — FEABLE handy → Eng. dial.
1844 — FEATY handy, clever, wide-awake
1861 — TWO-HANDED using both hands equally well, ambidextrous; dexterous, handy, efficient
1879 — NUNTY handy, convenient → Eng. dial.
1888 — NATTY handy, deft; industrious; clever, ingenious → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1894 — GOOD-FINGERED deft, handy → Eng. dial.
1899 — JIMMY spruce; neat; smart; handy, dexterous → Amer. dial.
1900 — GAINSOME expert, handy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — HAFTY — HEFTY handy, active → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — HANDERSOME handy; inclined to meddle, meddling → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — IDLE handy, useful → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
1700 — BAIN conveniently near, handy → N. Eng. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
1584 — FACTOTUM an odd-job man; a handyman; a man of all work
1615 — UBIQUITARY a journeyman of all trades; an odd-job man; a handyman → obs.
1618 — JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES a person who can do many different things but specializes in none; one who has a smattering knowledge of all crafts; an odd job man; a handyman
1705 — GIN OF ALL TRADES a woman who can turn her hand to all kinds of work; a female jack-of-all-trades
1742 — HANDYMAN a man able or employed to undertake a variety of manual tasks; a general labourer; a man employed or engaged to carry out domestic repairs and building maintenance; an odd-job man
1785 — GIMCRACK a person who has a turn for mechanical contrivances; a jack-of-all-trades → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1820 — JACK OF ALL WORKS a jack-of-all-trades; an odd job man; a handyman
1832 — PACKLER a peddler who deals in earthenware; a travelling handyman or tinker → Sc.
1836 — JACK a serving-man or male attendant; a labourer; a man who does odd jobs, etc.; a handyman
1883 — JACK-ABOUT a person not engaged in any particular business, but willing to do anything; a jack of all trades → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — LOPPY a handyman on rural stations → Aust. sl.
1909 — HANDY JACK a Jack of all trades; a handyman → sl. (Bk.)
1913 — HIRED MAN the handy-man about the house or farm → Western Can. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — JIM-AROUND a jack-of-all-trades, a handyman → US sl.
1942 — JIM-HAND a jack-of-all-trades, a handyman → US sl.
1958 — JACK OF ALL TRADES AND MASTER OF NONE a person who can do many different things but specializes in none; one who has a smattering knowledge of all crafts; an odd job man; a handyman (Bk.)
1976 — JIN-WHACKER a person who does odd jobs; a handyman → Amer. dial.
1980 — MR. FIXIT a do-it-yourself expert → sl.
2006 — HAMMER a handyman on a movie set → Amer. sl. (Bk.)