Antonyms for handful
ˈhænd fʊlhand·ful

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1. handfulnoun

   Synonyms:
   handsbreadth, handbreadth, fistful

2. handfulnoun

   As much as the hand will grasp or contain. - Joseph Addison

   Synonyms:
   handbreadth, fistful, handsbreadth

3. handfulnoun

   A hand's breadth; four inches.

   Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. - Francis Bacon

   Synonyms:
   handsbreadth, handbreadth, fistful

4. handfulnoun

   A small quantity, usually approximately equal to five, the number of fingers on a hand.

   This handful of men were tied to very hard duty. - Fuller

   Synonyms:
   fistful, handsbreadth, handbreadth

5. handfulnoun

   Something which can only be managed with difficulty.

   Those twins are a real handful to look after.

   Synonyms:
   fistful, handbreadth, handsbreadth

Matched Categories

1. • Containerful
   • Small Indefinite Quantity

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. handful, smatteringnoun

   a small number or amount

   "only a handful of responses were received"

   Synonyms:
   smattering, fistful

2. handful, fistfulnoun

   the quantity that can be held in the hand

   Synonyms:
   smattering, fistful

How to use handful in a sentence?

1. David Fantle:

   He called gangster films hoodlum films, he said to us he never watched his hoodlum films. The only movies he would ever stick around to watch if they were on TV would be the handful of musicals he made, which he loved.

2. Peter Salama:

   Even though it seems like a large sum, we know most countries can actually afford to do this based on their domestic resources. It is only a handful of countries that requires international aid to scale up their primary health care.

3. Florian Maïly:

   At first, Valerie Bacot were only a handful of people who wanted to help Catherine Perelmutter.

4. Richard Isaacson:

   A handful of the most respected scientists and researchers in our field have completely different opinions, whatever the decision is, it's a watershed moment for the field of Alzheimer's disease.

5. Democratic California Rep. Sam Farr:

   Sometimes in Washington we get caught up in all the serious discussions that go on in this town that we forget what it's like to have little fun, it only snows a handful of days here, so let's give the community a chance to get together and have some fun sledding at the Capitol.

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