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Synonyms 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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 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

Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. handfulnoun

    Synonyms:
    maniple

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "handful":

    fistful, handle, handhold, doorknob, hilt, bunch, knob

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How to use handful in a sentence?

  1. Rosa DeLauro:

    Workplaces need to respond to the reality of family life in the 21st century, and allowing employees to have seven sick days a year is a bare minimum, the fact that the United States is one of just a handful of countries that does not require paid family or sick leave is nothing short of shameful.

  2. Steven Mnuchin:

    I think there's a lot of issues we are close to a compromise position on, and I think there's a handful of very big issues that we are still very far apart, i don't know what she's talking about.

  3. Frank Nobilo:

    A lot of people look at 2000 as Tiger at Tiger Woods best but it was probably the first and only time in Tiger's career that you could argue that maybe he had better equipment than the rest, only a handful of guys had gone to the solid ball. The rest of us all thought a wound ball was better.

  4. George Magnus:

    I think it's untrue to say that companies are leaving China, though it's possible that a handful may have done. What has been happening on a significant scale is that many firms have been moving, or plan to move, some of their supply chain operations out of China to avoid tariffs, and or to go to places where they sense greater political and policy stability.

  5. Justin Wang:

    It is a very intense and thrilling experience to sample from the lake, i'm very lucky to be one of the handful of scientists in the world to have been able to visit this environment.


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