Meanings
nounleft-hander (plural left-handers)
plural left-handers · alternative lefthander
- One who is left-handed.
Synonyms: lefty, southpaw · Antonyms: right-hander
- A blow struck with the left hand.
- automotiveA bend or turn to the left; a left-hand corner.
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nouna baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
Similar
nouna person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian левичар
- левичар (levičar)a person who is left-handed
Catalan esquerrà, esquerrana
- esquerràa person who is left-handed
- esquerranaa person who is left-handed
Chinese Mandarin 左撇子
- 左撇子 (zuǒpiězi)a person who is left-handed
Czech levák, levačka
- leváka person who is left-handed
- levačkaa person who is left-handed
Dutch linkshandige
- linkshandigea person who is left-handed
Esperanto maldekstrulo, livulo
- maldekstruloa person who is left-handed
- livuloa person who is left-handed
Finnish vasenkätinen, vasuri
- vasenkätinena person who is left-handed
- vasuria person who is left-handed
French gaucher, gauchère
- gauchera person who is left-handed
- gauchèrea person who is left-handed
German Linkshänder, Linkshänderin
- Linkshändera person who is left-handed
- Linkshänderina person who is left-handed
Greek αριστερόχειρας
- αριστερόχειρας (aristerócheiras)a person who is left-handed
Hebrew שְׂמָאלִי
- שְׂמָאלִי (smalí)a person who is left-handed
Hindi बाएँ हत्था
- बाएँ हत्था (bāẽ hatthā)a person who is left-handed
Irish ciotóg
- ciotóga person who is left-handed
Italian mancino, mancina
- mancinoa person who is left-handed
- mancinaa person who is left-handed
Japanese 左利き, ぎっちょ
- 左利き (hidarikiki)a person who is left-handed
- ぎっちょ (gitcho)a person who is left-handed
Korean 왼손잡이
- 왼손잡이 (oensonjabi)a person who is left-handed
Latvian kreilis
- kreilisa person who is left-handed
Māori māui matarehe
- māui matarehea person who is left-handed
Norwegian venstrehendt, keivhendt
- venstrehendta person who is left-handed
- keivhendta person who is left-handed
Polish mańkut
- mańkuta person who is left-handed
Portuguese canhoto
- canhotoa person who is left-handed
Russian левша́
- левша́ (levšá)a person who is left-handed
Slovak ľavák, ľaváčka
- ľaváka person who is left-handed
- ľaváčkaa person who is left-handed
Spanish zurdo, zurda
- zurdoa person who is left-handed
- zurdaa person who is left-handed
- ñurdoa person who is left-handed
- zocatoa person who is left-handed
- zocoa person who is left-handed
Turkish solak
- solaka person who is left-handed
Welsh dyn llawchwith
- dyn llawchwitha person who is left-handed
Cite this entry
APA
left-hander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left-hander
MLA
“left-hander.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left-hander. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “left-hander,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left-hander.
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