Synonyms & related words for handspike

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of handspike. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to handspike

Explore words related to handspike — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include lever, windlass, bar, capstan, typebar, detent, drawbar, heaver. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does handspike come from?

The word handspike breaks down into 2 roots of Old English and Dutch origin: hand, from Old English hand (“hand”); and spike, from Dutch spiker (“bar, spike (lever bar)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.